During the long cold winter months, I mostly want to snuggle in and hibernate. It’s a time of year that embraces my introvert self. I also find training and routine are much easier to maintain. Even with the hibernation aspect of the season, I manage to get quite a bit done. There’s less daylight hours, but the days feel longer and more productive at times.
And then there is spring and Summer. This is a time for outdoors, gardening, long walks, camping and patio time with friends or family. It’s a time of year that says hello to the extrovert part of myself. A time of year, where I find it more challenging to engage in training and routine is a struggle to maintain. It’s an also a time of year where I feel a deeper connection to everything around me.
With the change in seasons bringing warmer weather, lovely sunshine and longer days, I’m feeling conflicted. There’s been a bit of a mini internal battle going on as I consider how to fit in my Kung Fu training over the next few months. There are days where mediocrity and mastery are in an active battle with each other. While this may be annoying it's not necessarily a bad thing. The two complement each other. Mediocrity humbles mastery and mastery challenges mediocrity.
I'm not stressed about how I'm going to fit the training in, because I know there is always flexibility and adjustments that can be made. My struggle is more of an internal battle of ego. I've been able to maintain my daily training routine to this point, so I continue to keep that in front of me. With that in mind I open myself to view the change in seasons as an opportunity to embrace this new flow, remind myself I get to, and find ways to adjust. Control is within my power and that control starts with my perspective. It also requires awareness of ego and how I manage where it tries to lead me.
I have control over my perspective, I am choosing my own path and I embrace the parameters provided to help guide me along the way.
