Formosa Neijia wrote:origami_itto wrote:I train to be a better person. YMMV.
Notice those of us interested in improving our fighting skill are constantly cast as mentally ill losers with identity issues but people who never, EVER shut the hell up about how superior they are because they are on their super-self-important, totally self-absorbed quest for "being at one with the dao" or enlightenment, etc. never are told they have a "self-image to protect" nor is mentioned the extreme mental energy defending that self-righteousness.
Dude, who cares what people think of you? Honestly. "So and so said mean things about me" .... wtf are you 12?
Nobody said any of that shit, that's just your projected insecurity. That's just bullshit getting in the way of you and quality communication.
It's great that you train hard, man, more power to you. I don't find much value in it for my life. I'd rather spend that time with my kids or working on something else. I've fought enough, won enough, lost enough, the only battle I really need to worry about is the one in my own head against that asshole that wants me to lay around smoking weed and watching cartoons all day. The rest of you phantoms simply don't matter.
Lighten up, man. Maybe try smoking some weed and watching cartoons. Get laid or something.
I've found that my own training has led me to find less justification and motivation for throwing insults and explaining myself. Not that I'm perfect, mind you, just that I'm not driven by this apparent need to prove I'm harder or smarter or better than anybody.
I'm just this Dad that likes Taijiquan, man, and I find it helps me be a better person. Ain't got a damn thing to do with you.