Pandamonium

Hello everyone I just wanted to talk about Pandamonium and what it means to me. For me Pandamonium was always an opportunity to get to live in the moment to the fullest without any interruptions. Also an unique experience to have; and many miracles happen all in 24 hours. Now Pandamonium is still all these things to me, but I realized I never truly understood what Pandamonium was all about. I got lost in myself and my own experiences I forgot to think of why I was participating.
    For a Pandamonium day for me it went a little like this. kung fu, event, event, kung fu, event, miracle, new friend, fun, kung fu, food, kung fu, rest, ice, kung fu, charity, kung fu, event, food, laughter, water, pain, almost there, big finish, done. You see I barely even notice the charity, and that is on me.
    After when I went to Alabama last year I realized that our Pandamonium was our own little Greensboro project, but with way more resources. We have all theses charity's that we are trying to make a difference in, but for some reason I feel it has become the after thought of the day.  Pandamonium happens, we all have a great time, then most of us move on with our lives. With this I think a lot of us including me miss the point of Pandamonium. I personally think I have about 50% of it for sure, but the other half is the charity side that I normally don't think to much about. 
    This is a huge portion of why the Pandamonium is held in the first place. We are trying to raise awareness and change the lives of the people or animals in our charity's. Inspire others to become passionate about the charity's we support; in return hopefully they inspire others and so on. This whole event is all about Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Center, Children's Ability Fund, SCARS - Second Chance Animal Rescue Society, Atsikana Pa Ulendo - Malawi Girls on the Move, Healing Hands. All of these charity's have been chosen pacifically, becasue these charity's are actually making a difference with the money that is donated to them. 
   I still need to learn a lot more about our charity's, but I will say this, this Pandamonium coming up remember to think of the reasons why are you participating? Are you trying to change your self ? Are you trying to make a difference? Or are you trying to learn empathy and passion? Or to inspire and raise awareness?  because on Pandamonium day  I think all of these thing should happen, but the one most forgotten is the charity. I am partially to blame for that.
  So next time you go to the kwoon pick up a  Pandamonium sheet and read the reason why we hold Pandamonium and possibly become more involved with just one charity. Then I believe we can make all the difference in the world. Here are all the links to the charity's and I urge you to check them out, because if you ever wanted to be apart of something great; this is definitely one of them. Unfortunately I don't think there is a website for helping hands, but you can still read some of it on the Pandamonium sheets.

http://www.northernlightswildlife.com/
http://www.childrensabilityfund.ca/
http://www.scarscare.org/
http://malawigirlsonthemove.com/


  So remember everyone stay extraordinary.

Sifu R. Langner