As I mentioned at the meeting this past Saturday, this I Ho Chuan year has been more mental progress than physical for me. I am beginning to understand how effortless effort works. Even though I haven't been trying as hard in a conscious sense, my ability to face my goals on a day to day basis is becoming easier. This has been my most successful year yet. It's not just the goals, but my progress in my kung fu and not to mention many other aspects of my life.
With regards to my progress in kung fu, once I stopped taking the curriculum at face value and just focused on my training, the experience has been immensely more enjoyable and I have noticed progress where I have not before. After dumping a deadline and focusing on where I am now, I find I am a lot more engaged. I still have an idea of where I want to be by a certain time and I am still quite excited about it, but I am not so attached to this idea that I will be disappointed if it doesn't come into fruition.
That is another aspect of my mental progress this year. I was struggling with being excited about things in life. I started to feel that if I become excited about anything, I put myself at risk of disappointment. The real thing is that it's all about perspective. I'm learning to change my perspective, instead of being disappointed about something that didn't go as planned, I am committing to just be excited for what may come from what did. Spending your days concentrating on how things could have been different is not the way to live, stay excited for what is to come, always.
Take care everyone.
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