Turn on the light

During this Saturdays wind storm we had a tree fall on a power line and it put us out of power for twelve hours.It changed our family plans a little bit. Both the teenagers had come home with movies and games to entertain themselves for the evening. Well needless to say without power that was hit on the head. We all had to find another way to entertain ourselves for the night.The fireplace warmed the basement,candles gave us light to see and we had to take out the old board games.It turned out to be a good night. We all went to bed early for a change and somewhere in the middle of the night the Fortis workers got the tree off the line and restored the power.Hu ray for men who work in the dark and cold.
This in a round about way brings me to a subject I have been struggling with for weeks.There is a great deal of excitement in our Kung Fu school this last month as students find their Kung Fu Mojo as Sifu Tiffany Playter likes to say. It's the place that you finally find and know you are doing something right. Your body starts to respond to what your brain has been trying to tell it.You move with the right timing and flow and it looks good. You know you have gotten it right. This same feeling, your Kung Fu "mojo" happens when you are exercising or doing push ups, sit ups, etc. You want to shout it to the world and you have every right to be proud of it. You have worked hard. Now I know I have been feeling this way about my Body for life program and my UBBT challenge too. I feel good and I want to share it with the world. I want to tell everyone who will listen how to do it too but here is where I have encountered my struggle. Not everyone is in the same place as I am.There are other students out there who are not in this frame of mind. Their personal life is giving them problems that may seem insurmountable. In stead of making them stronger Kung Fu may be the last thing on the list to make things right.This week they are standing next to you next week they may be gone. Would I notice? Would I really care enough to say maybe I could have done something to help them hang on?
Would this have been an act of kindness? Could I have made some small difference to help them through until they felt stronger? Could my feeling of empowerment have made them feel small? I know I can't save the world or I can't read another persons mind but maybe if I come down to earth, back to the basics, I would see where I can extend a hand to that person and help them through until they are feeling stronger. After all this is what we are trying to do isn't it. We are training our body to do kicks, punches, etc. but we are also training our minds. We are trying to take our Kung Fu further that the physical and make it about a whole rounded out person. One who will in turn take it out into the world and show them what we are all about.
I don't know if I have gotten the feelings I have been letting bug me out I probably haven't made much sense or how a power outage has anything to do with someone struggling to stay in King Fu. I guess what I was trying to say was when you are feeling alone in the dark there is someone out there in the light to help you see until the dawn.
Well I tried... until next week
Linda