I'm really, really pathetic. I mean, come on! I haven't posted for, like, months!
Pathetic. Pah-tooey.
Anyway, I have a Karate tournament. I'm going because, if I don't, I'm afraid I won't get my blackbelt. The head sensei that tests everybody and has the last say on giving you your blackbelt SAYS that going to tournaments 'gives you experience'.
Yeah, experience in LOSING!
What else will I get from tournaments than I can't get from class? We spar, like we do in tournaments. We do Katas and we practice our basic moves, like we do in tournaments. The only thing we do in tournaments is win or lose.
And trust me- all I do is lose.
So my prediction? When he sees two kids, equally the same skill level, and one goes to all of the tournaments and pays big bucks to get the kid to the nationals and get the fancy-dancy equipment, and the other kid is just fine and doesn't have the time or money to go to all of the tournaments, guess who he's going to pick for the blackbelt?
Most likely the fancy-dancy kid.
I'm not saying that I got cheated out of my blackbelt, but going to the tournaments, I feel, is just one more precaution I can take in order to ensure I will have a better chance at my blackbelt. What I am saying is that I believe that my senseis are doing the whole 'go to the tournament' thing just because they get our MONEY.
MONEY MONEY MONEY.
But hey, so would I. I don't condemn them.
Okay, maybe a little.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Random Acts
Have you ever done something spontaneous? Something odd, something weird, something totally and undoubtedly random?
Everyone has at some point. I know I have.
But why did you do this random act? Was it to be funny? Was it something you thought that just had to be said RIGHT THEN?
Or did you do it out of kindness?
On facebook, there is this club called the 365 club (I think that's what it's called). Thousands have joined. Anyone can join this club, but under one condition- every day, you have to do something random. Something randomly kind.
This all started when the pastor of my church walked into Kinko's with a cup of hot coffee.
"Where's mine?" one of the store's workers asked jokingly.
The pastor immediately offered to get everyone's orders for coffee. His treat.
When he came back with the orders in his hand, he was surprised to be greeted with such gratitude and thanks. It was just a simple gesture of kindness.
But that one gesture touched one of the people in the store so much that he decided to share it.
Hence the 365 club.
How hard is it really to send a neighbor flowers, or clean off a car in the parking lot that isn't yours, or help an old lady at the grocery store get something off of the top shelf? Does it really require that much effort, or that much resources? No.
But the reward is great.
Do what Jesus did, at least for once a day. Love people who you don't know just because they're people. Help people just because you can. And don't expect anything in return.
Join.
Everyone has at some point. I know I have.
But why did you do this random act? Was it to be funny? Was it something you thought that just had to be said RIGHT THEN?
Or did you do it out of kindness?
On facebook, there is this club called the 365 club (I think that's what it's called). Thousands have joined. Anyone can join this club, but under one condition- every day, you have to do something random. Something randomly kind.
This all started when the pastor of my church walked into Kinko's with a cup of hot coffee.
"Where's mine?" one of the store's workers asked jokingly.
The pastor immediately offered to get everyone's orders for coffee. His treat.
When he came back with the orders in his hand, he was surprised to be greeted with such gratitude and thanks. It was just a simple gesture of kindness.
But that one gesture touched one of the people in the store so much that he decided to share it.
Hence the 365 club.
How hard is it really to send a neighbor flowers, or clean off a car in the parking lot that isn't yours, or help an old lady at the grocery store get something off of the top shelf? Does it really require that much effort, or that much resources? No.
But the reward is great.
Do what Jesus did, at least for once a day. Love people who you don't know just because they're people. Help people just because you can. And don't expect anything in return.
Join.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Happy new year!
Happy new year to everyone, and I hope 2009 blesses you with the gift of joy.
I've already made my new year's resolutions:
1) get straight A's this semester
2) work my butt of so I can get my black belt in Karate
3) have each day be focused on God
4) make each day better than the previous one
By the end of this year, my days will be the best the world has seen. In theory.
I hope that someday, however, I will come to terms to see just how ineffective new year's resolutions really are.
I mean, they're great for a week or so. Then you start making shortcuts and exceptions and such, and you get sidetrack and lose focus on what your goals really are and what they used to mean to you. People get so caught up in the heat of the New year's moment that they make unrealistic goals because that is what is expected of them.
That's why I made my 4th goal. It is realistic, and it is something I can renew every day.
Go ahead, copy my resolutions for yourself. In fact, I copied it from somewhere else because I though it would be something interesting that I had a chance of accomplishing. I pray that it does us all some good, and allows us to reflect on the lives we are living daily.
I've already made my new year's resolutions:
1) get straight A's this semester
2) work my butt of so I can get my black belt in Karate
3) have each day be focused on God
4) make each day better than the previous one
By the end of this year, my days will be the best the world has seen. In theory.
I hope that someday, however, I will come to terms to see just how ineffective new year's resolutions really are.
I mean, they're great for a week or so. Then you start making shortcuts and exceptions and such, and you get sidetrack and lose focus on what your goals really are and what they used to mean to you. People get so caught up in the heat of the New year's moment that they make unrealistic goals because that is what is expected of them.
That's why I made my 4th goal. It is realistic, and it is something I can renew every day.
Go ahead, copy my resolutions for yourself. In fact, I copied it from somewhere else because I though it would be something interesting that I had a chance of accomplishing. I pray that it does us all some good, and allows us to reflect on the lives we are living daily.
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