In our culture, mediocrity is accepted and often encouraged. Just look at what entertains us on TV.
It may make us laugh, but were crying inside.
We want to be inspired. Everything in us wants to see someone overcome obstacles and REACH their potential. We all love to hear a HEROS story!
But, we have forgotten that when we discover our skills, gifts and talents through the path of mastery over something our Self Confidence emerges.
If we never cultivate our gifts, talents and skills we have nothing to be confident about.
Sadly, our culture has now become complacent in starting something and quitting many different things which breeds NO Confidence.
And worse yet, instead of seeking MASTERY we seek MATERIALISM to compensate for what we have not developed through diligence in hope that what we HAVE will make us feel worthwhile.
Unfortunately, this does not help us to discover the unique GIFTS that the creator endows each one of us with.
Especially, when we can just buy something that makes us feel good about ourselves. This does not lead to Self Confidence but only to Self Conceit, which is unattractive and destructive.
That's why I have always believed that Martial Arts classes and training is one of the most suitable paths for these discoveries.
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Thank you for sharing. Martial arts patches help your students show their pride in your dojo and in their accomplishments! They can also be used as a source of motivation.
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