Happy New Year – 2013
As we start the year 2013, I ask you, “Are you ready?”
What do I mean? To answer, I submit the following for your contemplation, borrowed from one of my favorite tales (See Endnote # 1).
When Heaven is about to confer
A great office upon a man,
It first exercises his mind with suffering,
And his sinew and bones with toil;
It exposes him to poverty
And confounds his undertakings.
Then it is seen if he is ready.
Until the next submission, I remain . . . Ready,
Kata practice during the last snow of 2012. Out with the old.
Sensei John Szmitkowski
When Life decides to verify that I am “ready” for what lays ahead, I find that the Shobu variation of Sanchin Kata prepares me for Life’s tests. To view an EXCITING & UNIQUE short video filmed amongst a few Arizona vultures, please click this convenient link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf8dlXsBnoI
ENDNOTES:
1. The poem is attributed to “Moshi” and is from the preface to: Jennings, William Dale, The Ronin ( Charles E. Tuttle Co, Tokyo, Japan, 1968)
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