Thanks

Today I had so many things go wrong.  My knee gave out in class this morning, I have a cold I can't breath right, tonight I went on a bike ride and I could barely walk after I got home after doing 20 k

It is I Ho Chuan and my team mates to Thank

Thoughts

I was listening and watching on the news about the earthquake in Nepal. It is a devastating situation.  My thoughts are going out to the people in Nepal.

Hockey and the path we travel

Hockey has been a big part of my life ever since I had consciousness.  I have played, coached, refereed and have been a spectator.  I think because of me being a student of the game my kids have taken a liking to the game as well.  They both have played refereed  and have volunteered in our minor hockey association to mentor younger players.  My younger son wants to become a sports announcer and at 14 none of us will argue with him about hockey, he understands the game better than most, and is a master statistician.

I am a believer in nurturing kids and people and this will put them on the right path in life. I have never pushed my kids into anything in life.  I have always encouraged them to do what they feel is right for them.   So far I have been proud of their decisions.

I am now in my second year of I Ho Chuan and the effort I am putting in is starting to be recognized by my kids. They are asking me more questions and are paying more attention to the training I am doing at home. Additionally they are asking more about what class I am going too.  I don't know if this path that I am on is for them, but maybe at some point they may see the same value as I do and may choose to travel this path.

Self Doubt

 

There are times when self doubt can be a motivator or can totally strip your ability to make rational choices to improve yourself. When self doubt rears its head and starts making the decisions in your life one has to recognize this and not allow this self doubt to dictate your actions.

We all make choices on what we want to focus on and what we want to accomplish:  be it playing video games, partying every night or becoming an Olympic athlete.  Whatever it is we chose to focus our life on, we will have times of self doubt. We must remember that what we chose to do is a journey and not a destination.  A journey can have many failures along the way but they have to be looked as part of the process to get to your ultimate goal. Therefore, we need to look at the journey in smaller time increments:  instead of looking at what you want in terms of years, look at it in terms of days.  If what I do tomorrow is better than what I did today then I am getting to my destination and I am succeeding.

Understand that self doubt will be part of the journey and recognize it as such.  Then stomp on it and don't let it stop you from doing what you want.

The reason for the quote is that person who says it cannot be done is the same person who is doing it.

Weekend in the mountians

I got a chance to spend the week end back home in the mountains.  I am always renewed when I get home.  The mountains do something for me.  I am not sure what it is, but it is an energy that I can't really describe.

It is as if the thoughts that are scrambling up my head are pushed out of my consciousness.  Tightness and soreness that I have in my muscles are stripped away. 

I either have to move back to the mountains or figure out how to have this energy all the time.