Clear vision

The new harvest is starting to come in. I was able to take new potatoes and carrots out of my garden this week. Nothing tastes better! Of course this always brings me back to my "diet" or lack of attention I have been paying to it. My big pacifier is that the kids will be going back to school in September and then I can really take care of things. Right! The one thing that the ubbt has made me aware of is the fact that it's always going to be a struggle to maintain a healthy weight and no matter how I look I will always feel overweight. I also know I am the only one who can change any of this... oh boy do I know this.
The other thing I am working on this last few weeks is putting things in order. Learning when I need to plan ahead and how to use things spontaneously . I find that there is great resources in the people in our school. It takes me a lot of courage to able to approach them and ask them to use their talents in one of our classes. I think with Sifu Brinker's encouragement I am getting better at it. The whole class will benefit from this if I can just keep a clear vision of the outcome.

Linda Shipalesky

Silent River Kung Fu

Holiday blues

Driving in a foreign country always makes me appreciate our well maintained Alberta roads. Most of the places you can stay in south central Costa Rica needs four wheel drive vehicles. The back roads usually have at least one stream you will have to cross. On a good day with no rain this is fun, but if you are in the rainy season one good down pour can send the stream overflowing its banks, Great adventure but I was sure glad I was just the passenger . Most of the time its like living a dream and a few days after I'm home I find it hard to believe it was real .
I must admit my ubbt training went to the dogs while I was away. Though the guilt of not training was ever present. Should have just done it. The reality cheek of attending my Monday morning class was enough to put everything back in perspective. I still have a lot of things to learn about keeping focused.

Linda