Hate being sick

This weekend was supposed to be a restful weekend for the family. It’s been a wild few weeks and a much needed rest was welcome. Well after passing the flu bug from kid to parent to kid to parent I guess it’s my turn to be ill. Not the best weekend but at least was able to hang around the house with the family and just catch our breath. Nice to be clipping along with all my requirements (I don’t even call them that anymore – just my lifestyle) and such. Was nice to see everyone out for our first class and see what the year will bring, the kwoon sure gets small in a hurry though. Going to cut this one short today, not feeling that good so will have more next week.
Sifu Bryant
Silent River Kung Fu

Moving with purpose

A new year and a new team is now beginning to take shape and we all should have an optimistic outlook on the near future. I myself am looking forward to this year like many to view the year of the dragon in the rear view mirror and push on to the year of the snake. This past year personally was full of huge highs and some terrible lows. To me that is just life, take what you’re dealt and do the most you can with it. I really am excited for the New Year and to see what this team becomes. Like I said before, out of all the requirements and training classes, the Dragon dance team seemed to have brought the best out of us all and bring us all that much closer together – who’d have thought…. These past two weeks I have seen my fair share of personal turmoil and the first thing I would have said years ago would be to hope that this year goes smoothly. Now it doesn’t matter, no matter what this year brings I will be able to adapt and persevere through all that is thrown my way. The past two weeks every time I was feeling stressed, angry and discouraged I still made it out to our classes and practises. It hit me that no matter what happens in the world around me my second home is at Silent River. I watched as everyone worked together smiling, socialising and knew this was the best place to be. You can’t pick your family for the most part, but you can pick who you spend time with and this is the best place to be. I couldn’t imagine anywhere else or with any other people that are leaders, friends and family.
Sifu Bryant