Life sucks. That truth, along with death and taxes, are inevitable and the mainstay of any pessimist. Any real optimist will tell you that bad things happen to everyone and things will get better. I don’t believe things get better for good. I believe that we all go through times of good and bad. Unfortunately, I feel my life has seen more bad than good. I’d like to believe that I will finally be going through some good times here soon.
If any of us were to list all the bad times, or bummers in life, one could easily become depressed to the point of considering suicide. But the good times don’t always happen to us specifically, they tend to happen to those around us. These occurrences can also have residual side effects to those of us who happen to be around those that the good things happen to. It’s kind of like having “good luck” rub off on you! But we can make our own luck, to enjoy some good times.
I am prepared to make my own luck, and good times, by living my dreams through my children. I have worked to try to provide the best for them and give them the things and stability I haven’t always enjoyed. One of the things I have always wanted, was to take Martial Arts. Well this last month, my oldest daughter started taking Mixed Martial Arts (mainly Japanese Karate). The really scary thing is, she’s already pretty good. She may only be a white belt, but all of her instructors are already complimenting her on her form and expertise. I can even see her ability and potential. She’s picking it up so fast.
But now my youngest is to begin gymnastics in September and she is ecstatic.
She has the ability, energy and physique for it but all she needs is to work on her focus. Paying attention to the instructors will be her only hardship. That is an unfortunate fact that comes with having ADD and OCD. It can be very frustrating to want to be perfect at something, but not concentrating enough on that something to become perfect at it. It seems that my DNA has passed this to my youngest daughter, so I am hoping for the best for her.
I want to give a free plug for the two institutions that are helping my wife and I live dreams through our daughters, and they are:
| Leading Edge Martial Arts (LEMA) | and | the Parkettes |
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