Time

(As explained by Sifu Jeff Brinker, November 6, 2024)

There seems to be some frustrations surrounding time. The phrase “I don’t have enough time” is becoming more and more common. How can anyone else possibly make a judgement, they know nothing about what I’m going through!

We have to disagree.

You absolutely do have enough time. You have the same amount as anyone else. 24 hours in a day.

What you don’t have is the same priorities. This is a different conversation.

If Kung Fu is not a priority, that does not mean that you don’t have enough time. You are spending your time on your priorities.

Stop complaining about your lack of time. No one has the ability to give you anymore. You have to decide what is important. At the beginning of the year, you had told us you decided that the I Ho Chuan was important. So, you are being held accountable, as we promised you. You had decided this is what you wanted and that you would make it work.

You do have enough time for this, just as much as anyone else has.

So stop complaining.

Start talking about your priorities, because that is where you are spending your time. Start talking about your priorities so that we are not wasting our time trying to help you with something that isn’t a priority to you, at the expense of something that is.

This is why mindful living is so important; so you are aware of your true priorities. So you know how you are spending your time.

Kung Fu will not work for you if you do not invest in it. Nothing pays dividends until you invest in it. So take care of your requirements. Don’t say they’re not serving you if you are not fulfilling your promise to do them. Of course they won’t serve you if you don’t do them.

So do them. Do them properly, to the spirit, one hundred percent. Then, at the end of a year tell us if they work for you.