So, what has this years I Ho Chuan done for me? I've been thinking about this since it was mentioned Saturday and I'm not sure which way this post is going to go. It's a surprise for both of us!
I know Sifu Brinker sites 2009 as his worst year in general. Well, I'm siting 2016 as my worst year. 2016 sucks. 2016 can go away already. It started with a negative bang and has continued banging away since. Looking back on my posts I can see all the negativity hiding in there. Phooey on you 2016.
I can say the IHC has been most of my silver lining this year. Not that I've accomplished all that I set out to do, climbed figurative mountains or even foothills, but it has kept me going. You people have kept me going. Days where all I wanted was to crawl under a very large rock I instead dragged myself to class, and although I may not have been the most contributing member just being around a bunch a great people gave me something positive to focus on. Thanks for that.
It have given me perseverance. Something that I thought I understood before but really, I knew as much about it as I do about gravity. It exists.
It has given me courage to speak up when I know staying silent would be easier but detrimental.
It has given me confidence to make the right decisions and to stand by those decisions when the entire world is falling down around me, when everyone around me is blaming me and angry with me for those decisions.
It has given me insight into the actions of others, and the ability to see those actions for what they are instead of what they seem to be.
So I say thank you I Ho Chuan and I Ho Chuan teammates. I cannot site 2016 as a great year on any level, including my IHC, but it was a year for life lessons. Many of which I would have missed if not for the IHC and you folks.
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