Goals for 2017

I used to think, I just have to set some goals and then I am done.  Right?  I was excited about them, and had them in the back of my mind, and the first weeks of the year I actually worked on them.

But then they slowly faded into the background.  What happened?

Dr. Tae Yun Kim is the Master of setting goals, "future memories" as she calls them, and then achieving them.  To her, its a matter of life and death. If a goal is worthy of being set, it is worthy your every effort to make it happen.

It's so easy to say, "I can't do it because of this or because of that."

With the sharpness of a sword Dr. Tae Yun Kim sees through my mental fog and asks this crucial question:

Your really can't?
Isn't it more like you won't?

If you really think about it, how many time have you said you can't when it was actually an I won't?
I know I am guilty of this!

But here is another nugget from Dr. Kim:

Remind yourself each and every day of your goal.  Every day!
And set goals every day what you will accomplish that day, to make sure you reach the year goals!

Ready?  Let's go!

HE CAN DO, SHE CAN DO, WHY NOT ME!

Welcome 2017

Hello Everyone,

I wish you all a most Happy 2017 - can you feel change in the air?  I love every New Year because it gives me the opportunity to do better than the year before, to set new goals and a new chance it life!
My teacher, mentor and master, Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim, always encourages me to reflect back on the past year, check my goals and review them.

What did I accomplish?  What percentage of each goal did I get done?
Well this is embarrassing, but last year I did not do even three quarters of what I had written down as goals.

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim has this to say about mistakes in her book "Seven Steps to Inner Power."

"How did we humans get the idea that to be perfect we couldn't make mistakes?  Never making a mistake does not make us perfect.  Never repeating a mistake (after we learn from it) is as perfect as we need to be."  (page 26)

So rather than being depressed and having a pity party, I will take charge, and every day use the tool Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim has given me:

look at your list of goals every day.  Work on them every day, and report to yourself.  You will be amazed at how much you will get done!

HE CAN DO, SHE CAN DO, WHY NOT ME!

Thoughts while in a Forest

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim is an amazing teacher.  Rather than telling me what to do, she simply will ask me to take a walk in the garden.

One time, Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim had me sit down in the forest, meditating.  She didn't give any other directions.  Just meditate.  Be one with the trees and ferns and flowers.

All of a sudden I realized:  when God created this world, and all beings in it, He only had to tell them once what to do.  "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."

And ever since, that is what all the plants and animals have been doing.
They don't ever need a special reminder.  They don't need a to do list.  They simply do what they were born to do.

What about me?  Am I doing what I am supposed to do, without having to be reminded?
Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim encourages us to set goals, make a list, and make myself accountable.  That's how I can do it too!

HE CAN DO, SHE CAN DO, WHY NOT ME!

It's never too late!

Today, as every day, I have a lot of reasons to celebrate.

 Number one, I am alive and well!

 Number two, it is my Birthday, and I am 58 years young. I feel better than I did at half my age. Why? Because of my training with Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim.

 People used to tell me I couldn't do things because I was too young and now they are starting to tell me I am too old, or too this, or too that. In her first book, "Seven Steps to Inner Power," Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim really hits the spot. She says,

" There is always only now. "True awareness means being right where you are, right now, without fear or worry or obsession about the future or past. I have to plan, you may say. I have to think about what I am going to do ten minutes from now, or tomorrow, or it won't happen. Yes, you should make plans in the present moment. You don't ever stop thinking, but be watchful to keep yourself open to new incoming ideas that may change what you plans. The point is to e aware every moment of what you are thinking, because whatever is going on now is on the way to manifesting. How important it is, then to keep everything you dOn't want out of your moment to moment consciousness. How can you do that if you are not focused on here, now? WHEN YOU CAN SEIZE CONTROL OF THE NOW MOMENT, YOU TAKE INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE." (Seven Steps to Inner Power, page 54) And that is one of Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's greatest gifts to me, this paragraph that there is always only now.

 HE CAN DO, SHE CAN DO, WHY NOT ME!

More on a very special Jung SuWon Warrior team...

I simply couldn't resist. I mean, wedding's don't just happen a lot these days, and at Jung Suwon, they are simply extraordinary. You saw the videos of the Bride and groom performing Martial Arts breaks in their wedding clothes.

However, they were not the only ones to be called up to perform. It was wonderful to see how everyone in attendance loved this wedding - so full of surprises, and so much showing what it means to be a Jung SuWon warrior, 24/7.

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim always challenges us to be ready any time, any place, for just about anything.

Here you will see just such a situation:

More thoughts about a Jung Suwon Wedding

Like I mentioned in my last post, as a Jung SuWon student, you are ready for anything, anytime, whether it's at a testing or on your wedding day! Weddings are the start off point for a successful marriage, and is based on love.
Here is one of my most favorite quotes of all of Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim:

"Before you can express love, you must find love. You must know love within yourself before you can give it to another. When you recognize or experience the truth about yourself you automatically feel love, because love is a quality of your true consciousness and true ideas."
(Seven Steps to Inner Power, page 70)

And now for some really heartwarming short "wedding videos." Enjoy!

The Groom:



The Bride:

Something out of the Ordinary: a Jung SuWon style Wedding

A wedding between Jung SuWon Warriors is never anything predictable. We love to celebrate every living breath, and since Jung SuWon means the unity of body, mind, and spirit, as one, this of course also applies to all that happens in our lives. It is always something wonderful to see two people who love each other, make a commitment to each other.

I love Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's quote as to what true love is:

"When you feel this Love, you're glad to be alive, and grateful to wake up every day and live your life. This Love finds beauty everywhere, and appreciates how creative life is, knowing that possibilities exist everywhere to create more joy and more happiness and more freedom. This Love can't be hurt or destroyed because it is pure energy. It can be temporarily clouded over, but not destroyed. When it is clouded over with negative emotions or painful situations, it keeps on loving until harmony is reached again. Because this love is real and true, it is powerful. It can overcome anything untrue simply by being there, just as the sunlight burns clouds away."
(The Silent Master, page 113)

And in closing this post, I couldn't resist showing you this video of the happy couple. Well, it's not from the wedding (it'll take some time to edit that one), but you can see what a true warrior couple is all about.....