Blend, Redirect Or Go Around It
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“Do not fail to learn from the pure voice of an ever-flowing mountain stream splashing over the rocks.”
O’Sensei – The Art of Peace
Do not try to control anything or anyone except yourself. Like the water in the mountain stream, when you come to a troublesome situation or against a formidable opponent, your goal should be to blend, redirect or go around it. The water can not move the rocks, but it can go over and around them and over time wear them down.
Training in Aikido helps you learn how to blend, redirect or go around obstacles. It is not easy because many of those obstacles are mental. We have preconceived ideas to overcome. We have past experiences that haunt us and create doubt, hesitation or the false belief that strength is might. These things prevent us from achieving our true potential. Therein lies the challenge and the reason we train – to better ourselves.
To better yourself is a life journey, but one step at a time and you will get there.
Good luck on your journey.
Teresa Mastison Sensei
Themocracy