buddyboss domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/duello5/public_html/_pathofthesword.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114profile-builder domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/duello5/public_html/_pathofthesword.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Why do you practice martial arts? If it’s for fun, once you’ve achieved a good level of fun, why seek to get better? If it’s to win, why does winning matter? If it’s for artistic or personal mastery, why?
\nLike getting caught into a conversation with the pedantic child who always asks “why?”, down the why-hole lies madness.
\nWhen I asked a student of mine recently why she was interested in achieving a deep level of mastery she said: “I find when I ask those kinds of questions I usually get depressed. So instead I don’t question. If I’m excited about something, I just pursue it.”
\nPursuits outside of the mainstream tend to get more questions asked about them than those that fit into existing templates. Rarely do my friends who play soccer get asked “What’s the real world value of doing that?”
\nI’m not advocating a shying from why questions but simply questioning the value of why. If what I’m doing, or how I’m doing it, is causing harm to myself or others, then “why” can be worth asking. But if your journey broadens your mind, expands your heart, or feeds your soul; why ask why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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