MARTIAL ARTS
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Download your Lenten Study Guide Here ========================================================================== Lesson #5 I fast from doubt. I feast on confidence! Where does doubt come from? It derives primarily from our comparing ourselves to others and deciding we are inadequate. Not tall enough. Not pretty enough. Not rich enough. Not strong enough. Not smart enough. Not from […]
Download your Lenten Study Guide Here ================================================================================== Denial for today: “I fast from fear.” Affirmation for today: “I feast on courage.” I agree that this is a hard one, so let’s take it slowly. It seems that I am asking you to just let go of your fear, your uneasiness, your worry. And you […]
DOWNLOADABLE STUDY GUIDE HERE ********************************** What if you “liked” everything about your life? Sorry, I realize that’s too much to ask. Let me rephrase it. What if you “accepted” everything about your life? Let’s go back a little further in this thought process. You do understand that thoughts are things and they take up […]
A new Lent for you–from Eric Butterworth Every year in late February or early March, the Lenten season begins. It is, or can be, a marvelous experience in self-improvement. In a way, Lent is coincidental with spring, the season of new growth in nature. The trees and flowers are not content with the blooms of […]
An introduction to Lent Lent is about personal growth. Welcome to a great experience in personal transformation. That’s right! Lent is a time for introspection; a time to look inward, to re-evaluate our patterns of thought, and emerge more capable of spreading love and light throughout the world. Like the caterpiller becomes the butterfly, you […]
September 24, 2024 We return from three weeks in France and are totally exhausted and feeling sick, both of us. Two weeks goes by. I start feeling better, but Jocelyn does not. Strangely, her abdomen seems to be swelling. It is especially strange because over the last year she has lost lots of weight. Her […]
I got my gold medal when…. Part 2 I just want everyone to know: I have pursued a gold medal in Songahm Taekwondo many times, and never actually earned it. Best I did was a bronze in 2010 and a silver in 2022. The gold medals I won in 2009 XMA competition don’t count. There […]
Looking back over many years NOTE: All photos were taken on June 21, 2024 at the Southwest District Championships in Glendale, Arizona. Hello ATA Family! It’s been more than 40 years since my wife and business partner helped me start the first ATA classes here in Phoenix, Arizona. Over those years, I have […]
THE ADVENT SEASON: Week 4 – Joy a metaphysical interpretation of Christmas Faith, Peace, Love, Joy Joy is your natural state The important thing to remember about JOY is that it is your natural state. JOY is not something that we experience in response to some circumstance. Joy is the natural outpouring of […]
THE ADVENT SEASON #3 a metaphysical interpretation of Christmas Faith, Peace, Love, Joy LOVE – WEEK 3: PART 1 Be love in the world Nothing sums up the meaning of love better than this comment that’s floating around Facebook: As the world fights to figure this all out, I’ll be holding doors for strangers, letting […]