1/11/07 -

Ah! I have almost finished a week of my new workouts! Yesterday I was so sore and tired. I was thinking about taking the day off. Luckily, Wednesdays I work-out with Tamara and she encouraged me to go though with it. We did our forms in the driveway and it lifted my spirit by the time we were done.

The center is so busy with everyone coming back after the break and all the new program beginning. It was starting to wory me if we could hadle the infulx and the nI remember it is like this every January and that in a few weeks instructors and students settle into their routines, and I could already see it happening today. I am out of town the next four days visiting my step-father, but I know that my workout will travel with me. I will report on this next Tuesday

1/08/07 -

Over the holidays I saw the new Rocky movie. I was a big fan of Rocky growing-up. I was a poor athlete as a kid, but had a lot of energy that needed to be focused. The Rocky movies helped me believe that with an indomitable spirit and perseverance you could achieve anything. This philosophy served me well in those days and I went from be a bench warmer in soccer to a real leader of a champion team. I took this work ethic into martial arts, and although I strugggled to learn the moves, I never gave-up and practiced and practiced until igained a very high skill level.

At almost 39 years old, I saw many new things about Rocky that I had not thought about before. The obvious analogy was his come back at 60 years old! I could understand his yearning to fight and to continue to prove himself as well, but the most impressive part of the movie was how principle centered Rocky's character was. You could have an entire book entitled "What Would Rocky Do?" I found myself impressed with not only his determination, but his also his heart. I find myself wanting to tap into that kind of solid earth energy these days.

My first week of training this year was a great success. Now for week # 2