Okay, following is a copy paste action from the NU.nl website. Not my own text, sorry. But it makes you wonder in what area do we/I want to have success... but maybe more important: What area do we ignore to get this succes?
For the English readers, sorry, Dutch only, maybe you can put a babelfish in your ear?
WIki on what Babelfish is.
In een vloeiend betoog - helaas per video - hield de van oorsprong Zwiterse schrijver het publiek op de TEDx-conferentie in Amsterdam voor dat iedereen krampachtig bezig is met succes. "Mensen willen overal tegelijk succes in hebben. Dat gaat niet. Als je in het ene domein succes hebt, gaat dat altijd ten koste van iets anders." Op humoristische wijze borduurde De Botton losjes voort op de voor hem bekende thema's als statusangst. Al eerder beschreef de filosoof dat mensen zich veel te veel laten bepalen door wat anderen van hen vinden. Mensen zijn verslaafd aan status, gedefinieerd door de omgeving.
maandag 23 november 2009
woensdag 11 november 2009
The road to Japan (part 1, some thoughts before the trip)
The road to Japan, started a while ago, not sure when we took of, but I am pretty sure we are on our way now.
First something about us, me and my training buddy. We started doing iaido at the same day and are coaching each other for a few years and we did all our examans together. Although our iai looks quite different I think we are still on the same track.
This might also be the most difficult thing to handle, if one of us will fail or delay an exam. Not because of the prestige of the exam and grade. But it might loose the feeling of growing and training together.
Budo is a difficult path to walk on, I am confronted with my personal life and friends that became a part of my budo family who parted from our path. Starting and learning some new movements is/was easy, but now I am confronted with the fact that my body does not always do what I want it or I find myself in a situation that I don't understand why this week I'm not training on the level of last week.
Well, it started almost three years ago, we decided we wanted to try to pass for our fourth Dan exam in Japan and now around 9 months ago our Japanese sensei told us it is okay to come to Japan for exams and he is willing to receive us for training.
On the subject of informing or asking people if you can do shinza. This can be quit difficult because of the cultural differences, I don't necessarily mean the Dutch-Japanese relation but also within Holland. I have to admit sometimes my small ego is getting a bit enthusiastic and starts to run without realizing the situation of the people around me.
I guess working in harmony with the other practitioners is one of the most difficult thing to get in budo. All I can say, to to people around me, my sensei and sempai, I'm sorry for the last years. I'm sorry for my arrogance and thank you for all your patience, I'm learning to keep myself in check and even becoming more aware that harmony and respect starts from my inner being. I am not a perfect person yet, and nowadays I am becoming aware of my 'old' behavior and consciously trying to improve it.
First something about us, me and my training buddy. We started doing iaido at the same day and are coaching each other for a few years and we did all our examans together. Although our iai looks quite different I think we are still on the same track.
This might also be the most difficult thing to handle, if one of us will fail or delay an exam. Not because of the prestige of the exam and grade. But it might loose the feeling of growing and training together.
Budo is a difficult path to walk on, I am confronted with my personal life and friends that became a part of my budo family who parted from our path. Starting and learning some new movements is/was easy, but now I am confronted with the fact that my body does not always do what I want it or I find myself in a situation that I don't understand why this week I'm not training on the level of last week.
Well, it started almost three years ago, we decided we wanted to try to pass for our fourth Dan exam in Japan and now around 9 months ago our Japanese sensei told us it is okay to come to Japan for exams and he is willing to receive us for training.
On the subject of informing or asking people if you can do shinza. This can be quit difficult because of the cultural differences, I don't necessarily mean the Dutch-Japanese relation but also within Holland. I have to admit sometimes my small ego is getting a bit enthusiastic and starts to run without realizing the situation of the people around me.
I guess working in harmony with the other practitioners is one of the most difficult thing to get in budo. All I can say, to to people around me, my sensei and sempai, I'm sorry for the last years. I'm sorry for my arrogance and thank you for all your patience, I'm learning to keep myself in check and even becoming more aware that harmony and respect starts from my inner being. I am not a perfect person yet, and nowadays I am becoming aware of my 'old' behavior and consciously trying to improve it.
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