Master Murphy

So much of your life is determined by your upbringing. How much happiness or sadness, how much joy or depression is largely effected by how you see or think about the happenings of your life. Does life happen to you or for you? It has been said that this is the most influential question one can ask to understand themselves and their own life experiences. Ultimately your view on this is greatly shaped by the culture you were raised in. Did your parents, family and close friends think life happened to them “Victim Mentality” or think life was happening for them “Opportunistic Mentality”? Maybe a combination of both is common but which parent did you look up to the most… Victim or Opportunitic? Did they look for conspiracy and have pessimistic thoughts, waiting for something bad to happen, did or do they deal with depression? Or did they think optimisticly and look for and expect the good, did they have fun and live joyfully?

Controlling your thoughts and emotions are difficult. It is important to realize that there is grass on both sides and the side you water the most will grow the most. Then it will get the most attention and will be where you habitually look the most often. One sure way to keep the negative side strong is to keep watering it. Once you catch yourself watering the negative side, stop and then go and water the other side. Keep yourself busy and doing healthy things, then you will naturally water the opportunity side. This can be done through Martial Arts or kickboxing training and is a great benefit to the our members. Consider trying a class, it could quite literally change your life.

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