Crossroads

All of us have been here before in one way or another.  There are many reasons that we come to a crossroads in our life. 

Well I am at one right now, I am at a crossroads and I am unsure what to do.  I have done the “pro’s and con’s” thing and still I can’t decide what road to take.  You see I have been on this same road for years and I am comfortable to an extent with what is on this road.  I am familiar with all the bumps and curves in this road and this gives me comfort.  If I choose the other road, it is filled with many unknowns, potential pot holes, blind curves and other hazards that I may not be expecting along the way.  This new road is something very different to me in many ways and in some ways the same.  So why is it such a difficult decision to make?  Why can’t I seem to make up my mind what I want to do?  I have had many people give me advice on what they think I should do yet this isn’t their life and any decision I make has no affect on them.  I appreciate all the advice, but I think maybe I have been getting a little too much of it and perhaps some of these people are giving me advice to push their own agenda in some small way.

I think what is needed is some quite time along with some meditation.  This has always helped me focus my mind and focus on what I need to do.  Thanks to my Kung Fu training clearing my mind and calming my mind has become easier. 

Mr. Ian Repay

Student Of Silent River Kung Fu.

This is too cool.

This just happened yesterday and I have been thinking about it ever since then. I was meeting my friend for lunch at a restaurant on Whyte Ave. He was outside waiting for me and when I walked up he made a motion toward my nose with his fingers. Now here's the cool part, without thinking and just purely reacting I blocked his hand motion and immediately struck to his face with a vertical punch that I pulled just millimeters from the tip of his nose. He was shocked and moved back almost a foot as he thought I was going to punch him in the nose. What I think is soooooooo cool is that my body reacted without me thinking!

I have always wondered how what we are learning would apply in real life. It has been something that I have pondered for quite a while now and wow was I amazed how my body moved and reacted to what I have been taught. To me this was one of those "a ha" moments and I think it's pretty cool to see how my training has integrated itself into my life.

Mr. Ian Repay
Student Of Silent River Kung Fu.

No Excuses

I have not been blogging for a couple of weeks now and I have no excuse for this.  I know that I needed to be doing this and I know that I am letting not only myself down but also my team mates.  I have at times struggled with laziness in my life.  Not sure why, not sure why I let this happen?  However I have known that I struggle with this.  In my mind I tell myself “don’t worry, you can do it tomorrow” or “not that urgent, deal with it when you want to” not when I needed to.

I realized and have realized for some time that this is an area that needs improvement in my life.  I have improved upon this greatly over the past couple of years and I attribute the UBBT process for that.  However there is lots of room for continued improvement.  I am going to keep working on this and will use this process to continue to improve.  Blogging every week is the most critical and easiest measuring stick to see how I am doing.  As Master Brinker says to us over and over “if you’re not blogging, you’re probably not doing the rest of your requirements”.  All I have to say is Master Brinker is 100% correct!  However, that doesn’t mean that I give up.  That means that I have realized where I have failed and I will pick myself up, dust off my back side and get back to it!

Mr. Repay

Student of Silent River Kung Fu

Stony Plain, Alberta