By Paul Mills
I thank you all again for your tremendous support,
dedication, help, service and leadership. I’ve
learned from experience, time and my many years in Kenpo;
that Instructors, as well as students want to feel needed
and recognized for their contributions to the art. I
know from my experience in Kenpo and life, that the
service you give freely of yourself will come back to
you tenfold.
A student once asked, "After teaching all of us,
for so many hours, how do you recharge your battery?"
I smiled and replied, "I gave you all my energy,
but all one hundred of you gave me your's." 'The
universe is made up of pure energy. When we give out
our energy we make space for more energy to flow into
us. Energy takes many forms, such as love, appreciation,
recognition, friendship, etc. I believe I receive more
by simply giving and serving. I believe all of you feel
this same enjoyment when you're teaching Kenpo, because
it’s fun and you receive pure pleasure from sharing.
Giving is a key principle in the universal plan.
"The harder you try to do something
consciously that your subconscious is supposed to do,
the greater chance YOU have to fail at it."
Mr. Parker incorporated universal principles into his
system to act as a compass, for our benefit. Correct
or true principles are like a compass; they are always
pointing the way. Mr. Parker shared with us many universal
principles to help us attain a universal intelligence.
These universal principles help guide our intuition
and intelligence so we are able to master our goals
in Kenpo, as well as life. To have knowledge is one
thing, but to have an understanding of how, and why,
we use that knowledge, is wisdom. This my friends, is
one of the reasons we have so many phenomenal leaders
instead of followers in our organization.
Thank you again-for all the many stories, sayings,
insights, lessons about your life and Kenpo. Through
your giving and sharing, my knowledge has increased
a hundred fold. If an instructor is one who shares his
creative ideas, then there is nothing so powerful as
an idea whose time bas come. For you my friends, are
my instructors as well.
Mr. Parker once said:
"Give a man a fish, you feed him
for a day;
teach him how to fish you feed him for a lifetime"
If we built on this saying perpetuating
Kenpo. We could say,
"Teach him why he’s fishing,
and you'll develop teachers of fishermen, and you’ll
lead the world."
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