Adren Bradley's Journal (13)

 

6/15/2011

 

KARATE-DO

My Way of Life

Gichin Funakoshi

 

In reading this great book I was inspired and captured by a few sections.

 

1^st: Win by losing

I found this section to be of great inspirational value for me- “that even in numbers you can calm a storm”; some times in life were faced with difficult choices and how we handle them and come out ahead makes us who we are.

The moral of this section I…

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I have gone above and beyond my 10, I have decieded on a list of 14, that stood out in my mind.

 

1. Gave my product to a patient, to help her son.

2. Decorated lights for boss.

3. Massaged a friend for free.

4. Walked neighbor's dogs.

5. Helped a handicap to car.

6. Words of encouragement, during a tough time, to a new friend.

7. Helped a stranger find a product in the store.

8. Found $100 bill, found the "happy"…

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Monday I drove a patient home after work, no worries you know.
This morning my boss comes to me and says "your ability to help our patiet not only reflects on yourself, but me and our office as well" thank you! She proceeds to say " you don't see enough of this in the world, good for you"!
I thank karate for this....I am a kind person, always have been but I have found a new approach to just being kind to all!! I wanted to share this with my team!

In finally getting down my kicking routine and on kick #6, I injury myself due to not focusing enough on stretching!

The importance of stretching, as it sometimes takes a set back or injury, to realize how important this is, I pulled my groin muscle-stretching will be my new best friend.

New focus besides learning what to do; upper body and streching routine!

Where to start, at the beginning I guess.

In finding karate into my life has given me confidance within my self, my job.

I have found a new out look on my life, compassion for others, acts of kindness has been a profound feeling

for me-something I know I will not let go of now that I have experienced it on a new level.

The structure I have allways had has becom more defind with karate within me.

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My next focus of an act of kindness;
I am offering to sew on your patches onto your Gi, just bring in your patch and Gi on Tue or Thursday.
If needed you can give them to Mr. Oliver and he will pass them to me.
Note: each patch will take 1 day to sew on, please allow proper time.
Looking forward to helping all out, thanks

Adren

If am finding my routine is becomming easier, as long as I stay focused. I am feeling much empowerment with what I am feeding my body, doing my basics and working on my UBBT system-which to up date, I feel they are comming along quite well. Including getting my walks in, anywhere I can!



I have come up with another community project which will entail helpiing our adults to get there patches onto their Gi's, mind you all your first shouldbe hand sewn by you personally.



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So as I've read a lot of the UBBT journals...I find myself on the same path as many here..keeping "our" personal focus is a challange within our selves. The first of Janurary I started my own buisness, managing two others and still fitting in karate and the UBBT...I am hopeful on keeping myself not only on track but better focused on all my comitments and I am thankful to say I have mended some past relationships and have suceeded in many acts of kindness that have become easy to do, even on a… Continue

Wow...what a group workout, I awoke to many sore muscles I didn't realize would have been sore, thanks Mr.Oliver for the group workout and the reminder to drink lots of water, I found that extremly helpful today.

The work outs have been on track, finally got a 4mile walk in yesterday and I'm hopeful for another walk tonight...gotta keep the motivation to walk in the rain! My acts of kindness are comming along quite well, I have 2 community projecs completed and have found my "living hero" whom I'm interviewing next week...wow what great accomplishments so far, here's to a great 2011-together-!

My work out routine has been the easiest. I have been keeping on track! Except for the rain hindering my walking a bit. I have started 2 community projects and I wanted to thank Lisa Clark for her contribution of 31 articles of clothing for my "Christmas in your closet drive" my goal is 1,500 articles of clothing and I have so far accumilated 478 articles that have been donated to local communities as far as Florida. So if anyone else would like to contribute, just go thru your closets, kids… Continue

My second day...I awoke to true motivation...I gave into my cup o joe, did my 15 min of meditation/breathing, streched, 70 pushups, 70 situps. Fast pacedwalked 3 miles and meet two new walking, jogging comp nions (10 min)with them. Brunch 70 more pushups and sit ups followed with my upper body basis

12/1/2010

My thoughts yesterday on doing the UBBC….was how can i…. speaking with other students and after class…I realized I can do this, just put my mind to it, work out a plan and stick to it, now today my thoughts, feelings have been flowing like the American River…all of these…

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