Firstly, I Would like to apologise to all of the I Ho Chuan team members for my recent lack of engagement and also not posting anything for the previous 2 weeks. I made a commitment to the team and to myself when I signed up for the I Ho Chuan. That commitment has been lacking lately. I had momentarily forgotten that this journey is not just all about me. Thank you, Sifu Brinker for the reminder to all of us.
I have been so focused on all the stress taking over my life recently, that I had started to check out. I can usually hold things together quite well as the stress of life builds, but if it gets to be to much I'll do what needs to get done and at the same time start to shut down. Asking for help is something that i have slowwwly been getting better at doing. Who to ask and when to ask and worrying if I'm being a bother are some of the thoughts that go through my head. I've conditioned myself to believe that I'm supposed to figure things out for myself. Sometimes I don't even know what help to ask for. Going forward I will commit to asking for help at least once a week from someone at the kwoon. So please give me a poke once in awhile to remind me and keep me on track.
I looked up some definitions of commitment and found a few that resonated with me and thought I would share them with you.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Commitment - A promise to do or give something: a promise to be loyal to someone or something: the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something.
Cambridge English Dictionary
Commitment - A willingness to give your time and energy to something that you believe in.
Urban Dictionary
Commitment - Commitment is what transforms the promise into reality. It is the words that, speak boldly of your intentions. And the action that speaks louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through, time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of: the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
Michele Ward
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