Newsletter
"The Source"
Personal
best
by Shihan Richard J. Van Donk
What
will it take for you to do whatever it takes to live your
life to the fullest? What dreams have you left unfulfilled?
There is nothing that you cannot learn to do. It may or
may not take as much effort as you might think. Young
Wilma was told at the age of ten that she might never
walk again, especially without crutches. She was told
that even trying to walk would cripple her polio damaged
legs even more. Wilma wanted to do the things other children
her age got to do. Her determination drove her to painstakingly
do her best, not using her crutches around the house when
her parents weren't home. Much to everyone's amazement,
one day she left her crutches and walked - not well, but
she walked. Her doctors warned her even more strongly
against this foolishness, thinking it would destroy her
legs.While in high school her sister played on the school
basketball team. Wilma wanted to be on it too, and with
much convincing the coach let her sit on the bench just
because she was so determined. Wilma exercised everyday,
and not only did she get to play basketball, she joined
the field and track team before her senior year. Wilma
Rudolph went on to set world records and is still considered
one of the fastest women to have ever run on the track.
So what can you learn to do? Most of us only have a handicap
in our attitude and determination. Lucky for us these
things can be overcome more easily than what Wilma had
to personally face.
How
much are you dedicated to learning Budo Taijutsu? Sometimes
there will be sacrifices that you will have to make: for
some it will be time, for others it may be hard earned
money, for a lot of us it may be both. You CAN reach your
dreams as long as you keep them in sight, and never, never
give up on them.
Life's
journey is a personal one. Only you can do it for you.
No one else will do your dying for you and you really
don't want someone else to live for you either do you?.
I have said many times that this life is a gift (that's
why we call it the present). Have you unwrapped the package?
Looked in the box? Tried it on? Do it with all of yourself.
Do not settle for anything less than your personal best.
"Always
have the courage to live what you love and to love what
you live."
Keep these things in Mind. Richard
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