It's Demo Time!!

   July 1st. Canada day. Day 145 of the year of the Pig. Tomorrow. Demonstration day.

   Back in our first meeting, this day seemed light years away. Farmers day, June 1st, still not really registering as being so near. Yesterday's practice, still days away. Now, it is 1 day away. Am I nervous? H@#L yes! Am I excited, surprisingly yes.

   Maybe it is no coincidence that Demonstration and Demolition are so close to each other. Please don't take that the wrong way. Kung Fu and Silent River has taken me beyond on of my biggest phobias, talking/performing in front of a crowd of strangers/classmates. Never would I have thought that in the 5 short years that I have been with the school that I would be performing a demo in front of a crowd of people I don't know. How did that happen? 

   Like an hard boiled egg, kung fu has cracked my shell, demolished it if you like, taken it apart bit by bit. It has taken my arbitrary fear of self failure and replaced it with a new perspective on success and failure. I now understand that the only real failure is to not try in the first place. I now understand that success is to learn and grow from every failure. Failure isn't a bad thing, it is a stepping stone to success.

   It sounds a bit funny but I know there are things that I will screw up at tomorrows demo, but I must demolish the fear of those screw ups and learn from them. Not to say I am planning on making mistakes, but, if they happen, I intend to learn from them and do what I can to see that they don't happen again.

   Time to do a little demolition on self doubt and fear of failure and prepare for an awesome time at the demonstration. 

No numbers  this week, my focus is on THE DEMO!!!!