Long Weekend, Lots of Gratitude

Not taking a break, but having some time away from the school always gives me a new perspective, it can be so easy to take my ‘norm’ of doing kung fu for granted when it is woven through so much of my life (i.e. because kung fu is so present in my day to day, it can be harder to appreciate how it is shaping me within each of those days. A disruption to that normal can actually allow me a glimpse of what my life would look like without the school)  

On the opposite side of things, sometimes getting to do something that does not often occur within my daily life also allows me to appreciate those things more. So that’s what I wanted to talk about in this blog, all the things I’ve been grateful for lately.


I got to go to three Easters this weekend

I had a lovely time with my family

I got some good news from my job

I get to eat delicious food

I get to make people laugh

I get to spend time with my friends

I get to tell the people that I love, that I love them

I get to watch four humans leave the bounds of Earth during the Artemis II launch  

I get to play games with my friends

I get to be excited about good movies

I get to take care of my wonderful house


I originally wrote these all in past tense, because I started out describing things that went on this past week, but I went back and changed them because these are all things I should continue to look forward to being able to do in my life!

Current Total

Push-ups

6073

Sit-Ups

4171

AOK

144

Km

399

Blogs

7

Sparring

12

Hand Form

76

Weapon Form

68

Repair Relationship

0

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