Hi folks, Heres a little piece of one of my recent talks for the black belts on Friday nights. My job at Sun Hang Do is to help us understand the Sun part of Sun Hang Do and if you havent met me yet, you probably will. Come introduce yourself to me at the 25th Anniversary Celebration this weekend, Ill be the one holding a microphone. Heres a sample, the opening from a talk called What Are You Chasing? Let’s talk about Big Bang Theory – the show. Those Hollywood midgets introduced the world to String Theory. I’m going to teach you about string theory in 5 minutes. Feel free to use this at a party, when everyone is talking about the Canucks, you casually start your lecture on String Theory. Nothing impresses like talking about Physics. When I went to university only weirdos took physics. Like most first year students I had to take the “Intro to Physics” course, and like most people, I swore I would never even say the word physics again without spitting. It was hard, and it was math, and I hated every boring minute of it. Here is why science is cool. If you are a Physics teacher this is going to be messy but I’m not really an expert, I just love a great story. The term atom was coined to let us know that this was the smallest particle there was. It was a good attempt, though wrong. It turns out that things can get much smaller than an atom. Atoms are made up of something. Apparently, and this is still being developed, at the subatomic level there are things call Quarks, Fermions, Bosons, and other things that are so small they are one-dimensional…and music. They are potential. You are potential. When it is time, for some reason we dont understand, they begin to vibrate. They create music and the music helps them become. At your most basic level, you are music. You are beauty. All the atoms that make up “you” are eternal. Every atom every made is still here. Atoms are forever. And you are absolutely unique. There has never been, and never will be again (at least in this universe, but don’t get me into that), anyone quite like you. You are special. So start acting like it. And you have one life. And it’s super short. Time to get to work... ...It takes time to be good at anything of value. Working on my black belt, a few years ago, it became apparent that I was going to have to practice, practice, practice. Sure I could have bought one on the internet for twenty bucks, but somehow that just wasn’t the same. (Right now someone is sitting out there suffering with a sore knee, thinking, “I COULD HAVE BOUGHT THIS ON THE INTERNET?!) The sense of accomplishment, the joy of achievement, cannot be purchased for a few dollars. Recently I decided to work on my PhD in Psychology and, looking at the requirements, was immediately intimidated by the process. Again, for a few dollars I could lie about the accomplishment and get one online, but again… Growth, real growth, takes time and pain. There are lessons you can only learn in battle, being shot at. The lessons I have learned have usually come through struggle and sweat, and sometimes tears. We are the black belts. The few, the proud, the elite. So how is your life?
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 04:58:02 +0000
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