The more I look, the more I see the ideals and tenements of Kung Fu everywhere. Is it just me overthinking (nah, not me), because I am seeing it all over the place. Example time.
This last weekend (Sept 23rd) Deb and I where in Banff to celebrate Deb winning a huge award from ATB. We stayed at the Banff springs hotel, amazing place. While there, I met some truly remarkable people, saw some breathtaking sights, and experienced the presence of Kung Fu repeatedly.
One these people that I had the pleasure of meeting was the key note speaker, David. In his speech he talked about "seeing" people and the good they do, "seeing" the effort, positivity, energy, growth, and their continuing effort to be better than they where the day before. This really struck a cord with me. It wasn't a new idea to me, we talk about in our classes frequently, but the way he presented the thought process on it was. And it made me think about how I could apply this to my Kung Fu.
After he was done his speech, I went over and sat with him for a bit to explore this ideal with him. The next half an hour was a great conversation. We explored many concepts on self motivation and positive encouragement. Just those three words, "I see you", that was what the conversation came down to. How to encourage someone by acknowledging them, their effort, their successes, their failures, just by letting them know that we see them and we are there for them.. It was a powerful conversation. My blog just cannot do it justice, but the thought wheel is moving and I need to see where it is going.
Now I need to figure out how to weave this into my interactions with other students, including myself.
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