We also talked about some of the details for the banquet; assigning tasks, choosing times and I'm starting to get excited. Every year I worry that we forgot something and it is going to affect the evening and every year, I walk away thinking that was the best night of the year. I love talking, visiting, laughing with my training mates and their friends and family. I love seeing the demonstrations; young and old, and listening to the candidates talk about their journeys. What I love the best about the whole night is the coming together of all of our skills and talents to make this banquet an awesome night for everyone. It takes everyone working together to make this evening what it is, and I think that is also what makes it so special. It truly marks the beginning of a new year, an opportunity to start again, try one more time to get better, be better and stay better.
This year I am going forth without the team to reach for my goals, strive to be more than I am and continue on my path to mastery. I have learned so much from being on the different teams, way too many things to list here and I look forward to putting them into practice.
My goals this year are to continue to push myself out of my comfort zones with my weapons, I have been experimenting with my chucks and I am excited to see where that goes, I have plans to take my stick form to the next level and I have many forms to learn and master. I plan to walk, run and swim my way throughout the year (1000 miles), I plan to pursue acts of kindness in every part of my life (looking for new ways to bring kindness to my community) and I plan to do sit ups everyday and figure out what I have done to my shoulders that is getting in the way of my push ups. I will continue to work on my techniques and all the initiatives that we take on as a school. I plan to hang out so much with the Snake team that they will think that I am on the team. I plan to have the best year yet, putting one foot in front of another each and every day.
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