I did something this weekend that I really love, have a lot of fear around, and haven't done in a year and a half.
Sparring is one of my favorite things about karate. But also a big button pusher. Why? It's so easy to get hurt. I'm not that good at it. I'm a girl, no brothers, didn't grow up throwing or taking punches.
But, despite all that, there's nothing like it. And I can't wait to start taking kumite (sparring) classes at the dojo again.
Yes, I'll get a little battered and bruised. I'll wonder why I do this to my body and my being. But I'll get over it. And I'll go through a cycle I go through over and over again, until I get a little too beat up for my own comfort and I'll back off until I have to gear up for another promotion again.
That's the way it is with me and sparring. But it makes me wonder. What else do I really love to do, but avoid like the plague until I have to? What am I really waiting for? And why?
May the Magic Medicine of avoidance awareness reconnect you with your heart's desires.
Sparring is one of my favorite things about karate. But also a big button pusher. Why? It's so easy to get hurt. I'm not that good at it. I'm a girl, no brothers, didn't grow up throwing or taking punches.
But, despite all that, there's nothing like it. And I can't wait to start taking kumite (sparring) classes at the dojo again.
Yes, I'll get a little battered and bruised. I'll wonder why I do this to my body and my being. But I'll get over it. And I'll go through a cycle I go through over and over again, until I get a little too beat up for my own comfort and I'll back off until I have to gear up for another promotion again.
That's the way it is with me and sparring. But it makes me wonder. What else do I really love to do, but avoid like the plague until I have to? What am I really waiting for? And why?
May the Magic Medicine of avoidance awareness reconnect you with your heart's desires.
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