Kung Fu Wisdom
I
was detained for a couple of days because I got sick in the stomach. I asked my
wife to bring a specimen of my waste to the Med Tech, and on to the Doc, so I
could be sure if my system was under attack by armies of bacteria.
In
my weak state, I forgot about work, office, and deadlines, they did not seem
very important. I dozed off watching Television, a thing which I haven’t done for
some time. I realized I’ve been paying for Cable TV services, but hardly
enjoying it.
The
film Karate Kid was on HBO. I didn’t know that a remake was made of the
original version which I saw many years ago. Now in this new version the aging
Jacky Chan plays the Master, in the original I think it was the Japanese
American actor Pat Morita who played the role. The Karate Kid in the remake is Will Smith’s son and the
setting is in
The
thing I liked most were the nuggets of Kung Fu wisdom we could draw from the
dialogue.
In
one scene the Master Mr. Han, said, “Being
still and doing nothing are two very different things”.
I
believed he’s right. I viewed my sick
condition as not doing anything.
It
always bothers me when I’m doing nothing
productive. But according to Master Han there is a different way of looking at
it. It is simply being still, but not necessarily doing nothing.
I
was waiting out to be healed, let my body heal in time and my waiting was an
active act of simply waiting, for at the ripe time I would be up again.
And
finally, another saying of the Master Han: “Life will knock us down but we can choose whether or not to stand back
up. Best fights are the ones we avoid.”
This
is one solid punch shaking the spirit of fear and discouragement.
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”.
(Isaiah 40:31)
“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” (Mark
4:39)
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