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Thursday, April 7, 2022, 

The title of today's post is actually the 5 tenants of Tae Kwon Do.  All 5 are lovely tenants to live ones life by, but the tenant of "perseverance" pops up as a key one. 

For a multitude of reasons, I got knocked off the horse of my routine for the past few weeks; I'll spare the details, but I actually had to make a trip to the ER a few weeks ago.  Both before, and after that trip to the ER, I was unwell, and was continuing to try and incorporate the routine of my practice into my mornings (I am up at 4:15am and on my mat by 5:15am under normal circumstances).  

I've been struggling to find motivation but, as I've said for years, motivation comes and goes and it's better to continue on with your routines even when you don't "feel like it".  That, for me, is the nature of perseverance. 

On that note, it's 5:36am, and I'm behind schedule.  It's time to begin.....

Part II:

It's 7:13am as I type this, and it's time to enter the world.  Today's practice was exceptional, and I'm feeling marvelous because of it. 

Namaste.

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