Sit... and only sit.

Train and only train.

It's not where you're going

what matters....

but only where you are.

This never ending search

of something that perhaps,

has been always there.

Yet, we don't see it

or  even appreciate it...

due to our never ending search.

Sit... only sit.

And train ... only train.

mcr

" Freedom is never free."

-Author unknown

This unknown author was wise. He has understood what many seem not to understand. Nothing is free. If it seems to cost us nothing, it's because someone else is paying the tab for us. Because nothing is free.

Sensei Myriam

First, let me share some words I received these days,

" You are free to change your mind. You are free to take a new road. You are free to express your life uniquely as you choose. There is no prize for staying and no reward to going. There is the joy to being true to who you are, with integrity and clarity."

-Petra

These words have just made my day...

Sensei Myriam

Sensei Marian doing Ikkyo....

One of the photos of our visit to her dojo yesterday. New beautiful and gliding/sliding blue mat. I was a little green. Oh well... she invited us to train every month and enjoy it.... . Troops, get ready for the car pooling!

It's no sacrifice to do what you love to do. And I love doing and teaching Aikido. Helping others to understand... to do.

What is it that motivates...us to train day in and out?. Ranks. Positions?. Or the pure joy of little by little see things that where there before but, where not so obvious. 

What helps us see them is the openness from which we approach our training. Our heart must be empty to see and yet full of hours dedicated to our training. A paradox?. Yes, a paradox that's not easy to understand.

Beginners are so good to teach. Everything is new. They open themselves in such a way that is hardly impossible to not enjoy teaching them. Advanced students need to learn not to fall in the trap of the appearance of knowledge. It is not what I know what is important. What thrust us forward is what we don't know and we long  deep within to discover....

Sensei Myriam

We are having a field trip today. We are visiting Sensei Marian's dojo at Humacao. It's hot and it's hotter there. So, lots of fluids needed. We'll have photos later on. 

Sensei Myriam

What is a friend?

Not many I have

but certainly

Sensei Marian 

is one. 

I was asked this question several nights ago. As I considered the answer, I asked myself why on earth, would I invite someone else to attack me?....

(Will follow) 

Sensei Myriam