I Am....Participating

I Am....Participating

 

    I think the one definition of participating that I think suits this blog is "take part in an action or endeavor". For example, marriage, parenthood, friendships, employment, and of course Kung Fu, all require a certain level of participation if they are to be successful. To little participation and success is unlikely, to much and the other important things in your life will tend to suffer.

   One thing I find is that if I truly enjoy doing something, participation is easy. Take my marriage for example, I love my wife, I enjoy spending time with her and I absolutely adore her, so participating in a successful marriage is very easy, almost effortless in fact. On the flip side, employment, my career basically chose me, and while I am fairly successful at what I do, I must actively push myself to participate in finding enthusiasm in what I do. Such is life. 

   So my level of participation definitely varies based on what I am doing. Participating in our Silent River Kung Fu community, super easy, participation is at 100%, no brainer, all in, wuxin (Wuxin? Whoa there, is it? - I must think on that - more thoughts later - boy this is a rabbit hole of contradictions).

   I am finding that this blog is becoming very difficult to write as the more I think about the topic and how it relates to myself, the more I am questioning the difference between levels of participation and commitment. But I will try to separate the two for now cause this could spiral to a blog of confused thoughts. 

   So for now I'll go with this, I enjoy participating, it allows me a freedom that cannot be enjoyed from isolation. Sorry this blog took a weird turn, these topics sound so easy to talk about but are truly not. Guess that is the point behind this, self-exploration.