Everyone has things to do, and everyone is busy, some more then others. So we must all choose on what gets done by setting priorities. If something in our lives has a low priority it will most likely be the thing that gets put off to the side to be done later, and the ones that have a high priority will happen right away. Only us as individuals can choose and set what priority each of the things in our lives have. Some times it can become a juggling act, and we must do the best we can to try to accomplish everything. And there are times when we fail. Those are the times a person must look at and see if things could have been done differently, and if so learn from it.
Two out of the last three Lion Dance Practices I have experienced
an asthma attack. Given the Lion Dance
is strenuous on my lungs, but with medication I have been able to strive off the
asthma attacks. But lately I am having less success. Both times an asthma
attack has occurred have been during the evening practices, and I am thinking
there has to be another contributing trigger to them, since it has not happen
at every practice. I keep playing back the events of each day trying to figure out
what I had encounter, ate, or did that was different then on the days I did not
have an asthma attack. I need to figure this out.
As Chinese New Year draws closer, we start to ramp up the
practice days to prepare for our banquet where we celebrate the Chinese New Yew
and the promotion of our newest Black Belts. At this time our practices are
three time a week, as we get closer and closer to our banquet date we will add
to the practice days until it feels like we are practicing every day of the
week, which we very well could be. This is one of my favorite times of the
year, spending days upon days, and hours upon hours with like-minded individual’s
preparing for one goal “Perfection”, or just not to make fools out of ourselves
on the day of the banquet. Either way a person looks at it, it will be an experience
that is worth every ounce of their effort that they have given.
So time passes on, whether on not a person notices. Time does not care if we are busy, or we are not ready, it not going to wait for any of us. It is going to to continue with what is does best, “Time Passes”.
We must make the best of what time has given us and not let opportunities pass by. We must take a chance and learn what we can, for that opportunity may never come by again. We must also remember to give back what we have learn’t when an opportunity presents its self, for that opportunity may never come by again.
Vacation is over and sadly I am back at work this week. Over
the holiday’s I was able to enjoy adding to my daily routine a 10am forms
practice, which I am really missing as this week progresses. I found a great benefit
in practicing my forms in the morning then at my usual evening times. It had
become a time where I could center myself and prepare for the day ahead. I find
practicing forms a kind of meditation, where I can get lost in the movements
and let the worries of my daily life wash away, leaving me feeling refreshed
and vitalized, ready to take on what life has to throw at me.
These past weeks has been great, I have been blessed with the opportunity to be able to spend a lot of time visiting with family and friends, catching up on whats new, reminiscing on past events and planing some future events to come.
All week Sifu Kichko and I have been meeting in the morning to practice our forms. I must say that this week has been one of the most enjoyable weeks that I have had in while. What can be a better way to start your day each morning, then to start it with a session of Tai Chi followed up with weapon forms and then finishing with hand forms. All in the company of a friend.
