Courage

Living in the world of martial arts, I've come to learn that if you do not want to take the first step to try something, then no one can force you to accomplish anything. It is solely up to you to decide do you or do you not want to accomplish that goal.

What bothers me the most is, people who don't even bother to try. I'm not saying I'm selfish in offering my help. But you are fully capable of doing that particular task, so why not try before giving up and saying you can't? How much longer do you want to keep telling yourself you can't?

I still remembered till this day what my master taught me, he says, the mind is the greatest tool you possess, if you say you can do it, then you will, if you can't, then you can't. You can only lead the cow to the river, but you can't force it to drink the water.

So, think about it, the next time you want to try something new, tell yourself that you can do it and take that first step. Because that first step, may be the doorway to many other adventures you will have in the future.

ON MY OWN

All my life I've never really feel like I have any freedom. I was pampered. And as much as you can say being pampered is a good thing, it has its downsides. Most obvious is that you will probably fund yourself becoming more and more clingy to that person who provides you the necessities of survival. It's all good when you're still young, but as time goes by and you grow older and mature, you realise you see the world through a different perspective, a different point of view, which may differ from some people, or most people around you. The more you grow, the dark side of you reveals itself more and more each day, surfacing even more to haunt the angelic side of your innocence. How you choose to embrace your dark side is up to you. Some may use it to achieve dark goals while some choose to learn from it and become stronger. Me? Well it has become my tutor, often I learn from it. Often I speak of moving out to some place distant, away from everyone who thinks I'm nothing but a doll, pampered by my family. Well today I was given a challenge. A challenge to move out and live on my own. And you know what? I accept it. I know it's hard but that's why it's called a challenge isn't it? I will make it one day. One day I will hold my head high and say I've done it. I did it ON MY OWN. Just you wait and see. I won't be that little diamond that looks so fragile any more. I'm done being pampered at. Just you wait, one day I'll stand on my own two feet and will say I did it. ON. MY.  OWN.