I find that I have all this information and knowledge bouncing around in my head. I try to force it out and it won't come. But once in a while something happens and it flows naturally, an answer or a technique or a term paper. Its like a snowflake, everything needed is just floating around in the atmosphere and suddenly, with a drop in temperature, poof. A snowflake forms.
Often the catalyst is a lesson I had yet to grasp, or a phrase that someone says that strikes a cord. Or sometimes it's just a question that was asked of me. But always a catalyst. Which makes me wonder, how many of these chances have I missed? How many times what I not in the right place for a lesson to ring true? For a phrase to be grasped? So many times it was something that was mentioned casually, about the use of a cyclone kick or the complexity of a front thrust. And I can only think about the times I was not listening, not noticing, not at class.
If you open yourself to the people around you there is so much you can gain. I have things I can teach you. You, who is reading this now. I guarantee it. And I know you have things you can teach me. I don't care what colour your belt is or how many stripes you do or do not have. We can learn from each other. Who knows, maybe we'll be each others catalyst for something wonderful. But if one of us lets our ego get in the way we will loose the chance forever.
