Get moving
Published: Thu, 10/31/13
We all know how hard it is getting started. Leaving the house to
begin a journey, starting a job, commencing a course of study,
committing yourself to an exercise programme or even perhaps just
getting some household chores done. If you have a routine or some
specific deadline in place then it is much easier. If you know you
are expected at a place of work by 0800hrs each morning then you
either get there or you don't but you can't say you
don't know what is expected of you. If I have a ticket to fly
from Heathrow to Washington Dulles airport in the USA I either
catch my plane, or I don't. If I have never flown abroad
before then it is up to me to find out about passport and visa
requirements and decide how I am going to get to the airport in
good time for my flight. It may be a practical challenge to
complete an international journey by air (got to be easier than
sailing ship though) but you can't claim you don't know
what to do or at least how to find out what you need to know.
It is much more difficult to get underway when you really don't
know where you are going and there is no particular timetable or
even anyone expecting you at the other end. Obviously you need
some sort of goal and motivation or you wouldn't bother at all.
But if the goal is something like: 'Make new friends' or
'Develop a business' or just 'get in shape'. Then
how are you going to know if you are going in the right direction?
It is the fear of not being sure which way to go that often stops
us from trying at all. So you can just sit at home waiting until
you are sure what is the best thing to do, but you will sit there a
very long time. You might find someone else to follow, but then
you won't be discovering your own path to your very particular
goal.
So the best thing to do is to set out and just see what happens.
If you discover you are going in completely the wrong direction you
could just go back home and not try again. But since you are out
of your comfort zone and moving anyway you might as well change
direction and carry on to your destination. Okay so it took twice
and long and you traveled three times as far as you expected too
but at least you are moving.
I really don't know what the correct route is towards creating
a Stav Centre. There are models such as the Unity Martial arts
centre in Slough which Mick James created and where he teaches
Guided Chaos and earlier this year the O'Hagans opened their
Impact Gymn in Bristol. Both of these are an inspiration to me but
each is very different to the other as well as to what I think I
want to do.
So all I could really do was set out and what happens along the
way. Another stage today, the planning notice is being displayed
on the building that will be our Stav Centre, here is a picture of
it. http://www.screencast.com/t/AvjxRLEJLH I know it isn't
exactly exciting but it is proof of progress.
In the meantime if you are still wondering whether or not to start
on Stav training then all I can say is stop thinking and act. If
you are within reach of Crewkerne then we have got classes going on
Monday evenings, see http://www.somersetstav.co.uk/ for details or
get along to the course on the 16th of November in Evesham
http://www.iceandfire.org.uk/train.html
regards
Graham
PS I still haven't solved problem with Mac and DVD burning. I
will probably have to move over to Roxio Toast when I have worked
out which version will be most suitable. In the meantime I am
using Toast lite on my old Mac as a workaround, well, its better
than being completely stuck. Thanks to Mark in Canada for his
advice and help.