Connecting the dots

The ability to connect the dots in my Kung Fu has been ellusive until recently.  It wasn't that I didn't want to connect them but rather I looked at them differently.  I would learn something then move on to the next.  I didn't see or understand that what was being taught was something to build on.  

The traingle stepping pattern is a great tecnique but there is so much going on.  I've started to look at what it's trying to teach me.  Whats the lesson?  Why am I learning it and what parts of it can apply to the rest of my Kung Fu?  In the past I used to just see the dots and I'd add them up to see if I had enough of them for my next stripe.  I was focusing on quantity.  Now I'm focusing on the quality and applying it to my Kung Fu.  

What an amazing feeling I got once I connected those first two dots.