Mastery

Every since I memorized that Quote on Mastery, I have been finding myself repeating it over and over in my head. When I wake up, I’m saying it. When I drive someplace, I’m saying it. Wherever I am and whatever I am doing, especially when I least expect it, it pops into my head. If I hear a word or phrase that is similar to one in the quote, I instantly start repeating that line or paragraph. I know I was supposed to memorize it as a requirement for attaining my blackbelt (as I typed that I thought “correction is essential in the process of attaining mastery”) but what Sifu Brinker forgot to mention is that I was actually inserting a stalker directly into my brain.


I can see the point of this exercise now that it’s worming its way deeper into my brain. I realize that it is almost impossible to memorize something without thinking about it, even if you don’t try to. I’m not intentionally analyzing it, but I find myself doing it without meaning to. I read and re-read and repeated and wrote down and said out-loud that page of writing (14pt font, single spaced) so many times that my eyes went fuzzy and my brain ached. Plus side: it’s stuck in my head and not going anywhere, so I can review it at my leisure now



Jonathan Robinson

www.silentriverkungfu.com

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada