Balance

I have been thinking about this since our meeting and I thought that balance in our life is never truly achieved forever. I have had times in my life where I have had everything figured out and balanced very nicely. I have also had moments where I am not even close to balance.
  I guess I am learning that we always strive for balance in our lives and we sometimes achieve it, but having balance in our lives can be a fragile thing. Just one little thing off kilter can completely put us off balance. I think in those moments is when you see a test of our adaptability to our situation and we see if we can return to balance. A huge thing I realized is that sometimes what used to be a balanced life for us is no longer valid and we must re-adjust our scales to fit our new lives; to once again achieve balance.
   I find it weird that if I ever achieved balance and then kept it for the rest of my life; I am not sure if I would enjoy it. I know I would like it for awhile, but is perfect balance the best? I don't think anyone can answer that question because I don't think anyone has ever achieved perfect balance. I believe a lot of people have had great balance for a period of time, but not forever. Oddly enough without imbalance there would be no such thing as balanced.
  So I guess you could say I believe that the real lesson behind trying to achieve balance is developing skills to adapt to life always.


Sifu Langner

First Time

I really enjoyed our farmers day. It is always an opportunity to attend similar events, but have a different experience every time. I find myself  looking back and how much time has passed. Looking back to when I first came back to kung fu, when I went for my black belt, when I met three new friends, my first blog, my first motorcycle, my first time performing a lion dance, my first time behind the drums, moving out on my own, my first time holding a newborn.
  So many things have happen and it all seems like it was yesterday. I learned that the reason why we try to say some times you have to live in the moment it's because you really only have that single point in time to experience your moment. Once it has passed it will seem like it happened for only a second. That one second though will live forever in your memory's promising you that there will be more to come.

Sifu Langner