Hello everyone It's been awhile since my last blog, but I have been thinking about the word life changing a lot. I know I have said some stuff about this already in the meeting, but I really have been thinking about it.
I first started to realize I was calling every thing I did in kung fu life changing, and I would tell others it was life changing. Then I started to feel like others possibly thought I was just being overly dramatic, and it could not be possibly true. Then it hit me I see all the opportunity's given to me as a possible life changing event and I acknowledge every little thing that happens in these opportunity's as something life changing. Also I can recall what was life changing for me at all the events or opportunity's that kung fu has provided for me.
Now how the heck do I convey those feelings of life changing to others, and the ability to acknowledge the little things as a life changing event. I believe I am lucky because I have a super clear moment in my mind every day of when my life started to change. It all came down to going to a room on the left or the right. Two completely different paths for me to choose and I stumble onto Kung Fu. That one memory sticks with me everyday as my life changing event. It was such a small moment, but I have no idea where I would of ended up in life today if I went right. Now for me my mind gets blown away every time I think about it.
So when I say something is life changing I am thinking of that moment and other moments I have had in my kung fu career. I would like to be able to transfer those feeling's I have whenever I tell someone it's a life changing event. I figure the only way to ever transfer these feeling's is through telling people in person, or of course blogging.
I would like to list some life changing events for me, because these are places where my life for sure changed forever since attending these events.
1. Any time I go to a kung fu class
2. Boot camp 3. Banquet 4. Form seminar 5. Black belt test 6. Tiger challenge
7. Pandamodium 8. Alabama trip 9.Lion Dance 10. Dragon dance 11. I Ho Chuan 12. Demos
13. Saturday open training 14. Tai chi 15. Fitness class 16. Shaolin combative's class
(I'm sure I might have forgotten some but these are some I can think of right now)
These are all life changing events for me. I figure my life changes so much every time I attend all of these. Some might have more impact then others, but they always have an impact on me small or big.
Now I am not saying that everyone has to start doing all these thing to experience something life changing. Even if you could only attend one of these thing I think you will greatly benefit from it. This is what I want to get across whenever I say something is life changing. I am saying why wait for something major in your life to change your life; take any one of these opportunity's and change your life on your own or with the help of the event.
Anyways I hope whenever you hear me next time say that it will change your life; is that you give it some thought. So as I love to say remember everyone stay extraordinary.
Sifu R. Langner
