Inaction

Inaction is something that plagues our society today. Why do anything when someone else will do it instead if you wait long enough? We missed a terrific opportunity this weekend with the form seminar. I believe this is due to inaction. Only 6 que belts responded that they would attend. There were some who responded that they can't go, but where are the rest?

The form seminar is an opportunity to learn a form you may not have before or improve one you do know; Then after all of that, present it in front of black belt judges. I remember my first form seminar as a yellow belt, I was still learning the Tai Chi form and felt a little overwhelmed with both it and the regular kung fu classes. When I presented my form (kempo 1), one of the judges mentioned how much Tai Chi helped me with this. This inspired me to continue with Tai Chi, year after year.

I know the loss of this opportunity is due to my inaction as well, had I been promoting it more, writing a post similar to this a month ago, there may have been a chance more would have joined up.

So I will say this, we have another extra-curricular opportunity next weekend, Farmer's Day parade. This is a good way to meet your classmates and instructors while representing Silent River as we tour the town. This is unique as it puts us out there to the whole community of Stony Plain, plus throwing candy at the kids from inside the lion is always great. Hope to see you there.