You Never Know

You never know how you may influence others and you may never know how others may influence you. Sometimes you see, hear or grasp some concept that influences your life and only realize when it comes that it came from some unexpected source. You must realize then that this occurred because of you and you also have to give credit to that source of influence. It took both to arrive at some point in life that causes a paradigm shift.

This resulted for me a new belief that one should not limit any information regardless. It means that you as a person must overcome that impulse to discard something simply because it triggers a resistance due to say a belief in someone or something. It means to remain open to the possibilities.

When your open to anything it then allows the mind to open the perceptive filters to any possibility where the mind will seek out an impression that relates to the input of data resulting in a new concept that is seen, heard, and felt. It is what we perceive as "insight." That unexplainable aspect of the human condition that allows us to be inspired and creative.

When I thank someone for some thing they have provided I am not thanking them for my new insight or creative inspiration but simply for being the type of person who gets out there and provides a form of mentoring that creates an opening for others to learn and grow. It is how we humans tend to evolve - evolve as a person; evolve as a martial artist; evolve as an instructor/teacher/mentor/guide.

If Rory Miller had not made the extra effort to write a paragraph on the GAVSD for Dr. Suzette Haden Elgin, Ph.D. I would not have discovered the additional books and tapes she produced thus never learned or understood the implications of being a "touch dominant person." I would not have discovered the obstacles that needed to be overcome allowing a type of awareness that benefits all aspects of my life - home/personal, life, work and martial art.

You never know where inspiration and insight will come from and where it will lead you. You just never know ......

p.s. credit for all things is always a result of two influences. It is never simply one. It does provide for a singular one in life - Yin-n-Yang are the two sides of the "one" great Tai Chi philosophy. Balance .....