Hi All,
...I worry that this post may seem out of place now but at the risk of being accused of changing the subject...
Whilst I have been following this thread (sometimes in horror) I am grateful to some of the true insights and explanations that 'at times' have been put forward.
But... I have been mulling on Wadoka's original post.
wadoka wrote: Maybe all of the above could be distilled down to "My life in Wado, what's the point?"
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So, my answer has been the same for many year. For me, it is about fulfilling my own personal potential. I don't mind if I am not 'as good' at others at Wado, or any other element of my life. It is just that when I look back on my life I want to be proud of what I have done and certain that I have become all I can be. Wado offers me many opportunities both physically and mentally to satisfy this goal. It may or may not be perfect but it works for me.
I was introduced to a poem many years ago that I often return to as it does rather sum it up for me:
Victory - A poem by Herbert Kauffman
You are the Man who used to boast
that you’d achieve the uttermost,
some day.
You merely wished to show,
to demonstrate how much you know
and prove the distance you can go.
Another year we’ve just passed through.
What new ideas came to you?
How many big things did you do?
Time left twelve fresh months in your care
how many of them did you share
with opportunity and dare
again where you so often missed?
We do not find you on the list of makers good.
explain the fact!
Ah No, ‘Twas not the chance you lacked!
As Usual - you just failed to act.
Thanks
Steve