Momentum of habbit - I'm living it

Right of off the top, I have not read or engaged in reading blogs for months.  There is a reason for this and I'll get to that in a bit. 

I'm sitting in the Winnipeg airport waiting to board a flight from my home here to my other home back in Stony Plain.  Huh?? Yes I have two homes the one in Winnipeg is the one where I live by myself and the one in Stony Plain is where my family is living.  Some would think that I'm divorced or separated...nope.  I'm happily married and I miss my kids terribly.

So then what am I doing?  I'll get to that in a minute as well but the reason for this blog is because of Sifu Adrien Prince's blog that he wrote in April that I just read this afternoon.  He could have been writing all about me and what I have gone through since May.

I haven't fallen off earth but in fact have moved myself to Winnipeg to follow a life long dream.  I willingly left my family behind to embark on a journey that has seen epic highs and devastating lows.  I moved to a city where I knew no one well, didn't have a permanent place to live when I got here, had no belongings other than clothes and a few odds and end that I fit in my truck.  I had a week to find somewhere to live and I have never spent more than a day in this city prior.  You can truly find out a lot about yourself if you put yourself into this scenario and which mirrors what Sifu Price wrote about.  So what am I doing here in Winnipeg?  I'm following my dream of entrepreneurship.  I was given an opportunity to be part owner of a company in Winnipeg and it all happened to come together in what felt like a blink of an eye.

Over the past six months I have found a place to live, bought a bed, pillows, plates, forks, knives and even salt and pepper.  I had literally nothing when I got here because I didn't know where I was going to live when I showed up.  I have been happily married for 19 years and I have NEVER lived on my own.  I had to learn to do everything on my own, how to manage stress without being able to come home and get a hug from my wife when you had the worst day of your life.  I had to learn how to stay engaged with my family when I could only get home once a month at best.  The two words that have come to symbolize the journey so far are courage and perseverance with perseverance being the most important one.  The ability to keep moving in the face of defeat, the ability to take things in small increments and take comforts in small victories.  It reminds me of the lesson of incremental progression.  I couldn't have done 1,000 push up in one day if I didn't break the number down into smaller more manageable parts.  I couldn't have done the thing I did during my time on the I Ho Chuan team if not for the important lesson that I learned. 

I haven't been part of SRKF for the past year but SRKF is always part of me.  My kung fu continues to serve me and I know that in whatever way it will serve me for the rest of my life.

Ian