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It's been a really exciting week for me.  My birthday is tomorrow, which means I get to take my drivers test =) Hopefully I pass, which means I will have successfully completed one of my personal requirements! (yayyy)

On a bit of a darker note, some of my friends were involved in a drunk driving accident.  One went in for surgery last night, I'm not sure what for.  Another is at the University Hospital with four cracked vertibrae.  And the others are in the hospital for other injuries.  No one was killed, thank goodness.  I've been thinking of them every day, and I can only hope for the best for all of them.  

Thats all for right now :)

well...

I'm not quite sure what to post about. My mind is in quite a few different places right now. My blog posts recently have been late because of lack of access to the Internet. 

This summer has been really busy for me. With the move, family functions, etc. it's been challenging to find a way to place time aside for myself. I've been trying to squeeze it in wherever I can. During our trip to bc, at every rest stop we stopped at I was outside training. It was beautiful and I felt really at peace with myself. 

I'm hoping that I can keep this up until the end. I want to finish my journey strong.

I'm Still Here!

It feels like I've vanished off the face of the earth... speaking from a blogging standpoint anyways.  We successfully moved out of our house at the beginnning of last week, and I havent had any access to internet until now. 

I don't have anything super exciting to blog about.  I've spent a lot of time with my family these past few weeks, we've had a wedding, and a graduation all within 4 days of eachother; plus getting settled into the new house, we've been pretty busy.

I've started to get back on track with my training, trying to squeeze it in every second that I get (in between dinner and the speeches at the wedding, in the back of the auditorium when grads were getting their diplomas are a few examples) and I'm starting to realize how close we are to the end of this year's I Ho Chaun.  There's a lot of stuff that I still need to get done, so it's turning into 'crunch time.'  And I'm loving every minute of it.

Let's Be Honest

I'm going to be 100% honest, I'm about 1 - 2 weeks behind on all my requirements right now. I'd like to have some awesome reason about why that is, but I'm going to be honest and say that I've been completely lacking the motivation to do anything. I've been so overwhelmed with final exams, moving, and trying to focus on improving how I approach my role in the kids classes at the studio that I've had no motivation to get up and focus on myself. I started to doubt myself and I even caught myself thinking that I wanted to quit. 

Today was the last day of school and I have almost a week to prepare for my finals. I was in the middle of packing up my room when I got up, laced up my running shoes and went for a run. It completely cleared my head, and I was able to remind myself what I was doing, and why I was doing it. I felt all of the feelings that I felt on the first day that The UBBT started, and I felt all of the negative thoughts flow out of me. I think that it was the exact reset that I've been searching for for awhile. 

wow.

Last week was absolutely insane. My dad was in meetings in Calgary all week, so it was just me, my brother, and my mom. And of course... Something was bound to go wrong. 

On Monday night, my mom called me downstairs in hysterics because my brother had called her from the skate park saying that he had fallen. When we got there, we realized he had fallen flat on his face, and even worse, he hadn't been wearing a helmet. 

He ended up with cut up lips, a Hirt leg, and Two of his teeth got pushed up into his jaw bone. But I keep counting my blessings that that's all that happened to him. 

It's amazing how fast one stupid decision can impact you and everyone else around you. You don't even think twice about jumping into the car without a seatbelt, or not throwing on your helmet because you're going for a ride to the mailbox; but there are a reason that we do these things. They're all here to just keep us safe. 

On the other hand, schools getting really busy and we're getting ready to move in three weeks. 

Woah.

Random Acts Of Kindness

I've really started to notice what an impact the little random acts of kindness that I'm doing daily are making on the people around me.  Before I began the process of writing down every act of kindness that I perform on a daily basis, I didn't understand the value of it; I mean, I hold the door open for someone every day... Why do I have to write it down.

I've just began to realize the change that writing down all of my acts of kindness has brought to my attitude towards these acts.  I notice the brightening of someones face when I smile at them, or say hi as their walking by me.  Or the thank yous that I get as I'm holding open the door for someone. 

It's funny that, when someone performs a random act of kindness for me when I'm having a bad day, it can brighten my mood in just a few seconds.  This project has helped me to realize what an impact we're making on others when we perform one of these acts.  It's a small act of peace that can instantly change someones mood, even when you don't expect it.

"Peace isn’t a permanent state. It exists in moments. Fleeting. Gone before we knew it was there. We can experience it at any time, in a stranger’s act of kindness, a task that requires complete focus or simply the comfort of an old routine.

Everyday we all experience these moments of peace. The trick is to know when they’re happening so that we can embrace them, live in them"  ~ Greys Anatomy

Update

Nothing big to blog about this week. I've had a pretty good week as far as numbers go. 

I'm really getting excited about my tai chi. My flow is coming along really nicely. Ive come to really love doing my tai chi as often as I can. It really calms me down and relaxes me.