Why Am I Here?

This is a question I don’t think I like. Atleast, when I first heard it, I didn’t like it. Reading all of the blogs answering this question, there’s a lot of similar yet extremely diverse answers. So what’s mine?

For one.. I fall in the group who doesn’t really know anything else. I started as a child where Kung Fu was my primary extracurricular growing up. It has become fundamental to how I live and function, and an asset to my life. Why? Because I don’t remember what life was like before Kung Fu. Even though I was 8 when I joined, I still don’t really remember much before that time. 

That feels like a really poor answer, though. “I’m here because I don’t know how to not be here”. I mean, I was mostly gone for several years recently, but I still ended up back on the mats. It’s who I am. I can spend the rest of the blog explaining all of the benefits to being here, all of the discipline and respect it has provided me. But I am a simple and straightforward person. I suppose it would be best for me to ultimately give a simple and straightforward answer. So why am I here? 

It’s because it’s where I belong. 

Numbers

Situps: 3090 / 50000

Pushups: 3920 / 50000

AoK: 138 / 1000

Katana: 60 / 1000

Sword Spear: 75 / 1000

Sparring: 54 / 1000

Distance (km): 80.75 / 1609

Blogs: 7 / 52

Personal

Tai Chi (reps): 22 / 250

Tai Chi (unexcused absences): 0 / 0

Stretching (hrs): 14.5 / 150

MMCs: 1 / 10

Ski Trips: 1 / 4

Volunteering: 0 / 3