Hey, Brother Willem!

Good to hear from you.  Dave Sharpe here.  From what I've heard, your dad had a hard life.  He probably saw some of the worst humanity ever had to offer.  Combat in World War II.  Prison camps.  No joke.  I'm not sure I could have endured. 

I hope he didn't totally lose faith in people.  They can surprise you sometimes.  The thing about us, as a race, is that we have so much potential.  We have the capacity to do such good or such evil.  I've seen and done my share of both.  Mostly good, I hope.  It all comes down to choices you make every day.  The kicker is, sometimes you think you're doing good and it goes sour on you.  Life is funny that way.  I don't know.  The universe is too big and messy for my small mind to comprehend.

Your dad was entrusted with a precious treasure.  He probably couldn't afford to be nice to everybody.  He probably didn't have time.  He did have to make the most of his time here.  Time is precious and finite.  The older I get, the more apparent that becomes.  Henry Rollins said it best.  "No such thing as spare time.  No such thing as free time.  No such thing as down time.  All you got is lifetime.  Go!"

He's right, though.  I've never seen another species create a drug, a bomb or a concentration camp.  We are pretty low on the totem pole.

I'm glad to hear you're keeping the tradition alive. 

Peace.

Dave

--- On Mon, 7/21/08, wreeders <wreeders@...> wrote:

From: wreeders <wreeders@...>
Subject: [LiuSeongGungFu] Willem m. Reeders
To: LiuSeongGungFu@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 4:41 PM

Im saying hello to this forum and enyone listening. Im Liu Siongs
son here in Albuquerque New Mexico. Im interested in chats and whatnot
about kung fu. As of last year Ive taken the school, "Liu Siong Royal
Kung Fu Club". Now Im teaching and back in practice. Liu Siong and
Master Sikes are in a way better place now and Im sure they would
like the tradition to not fade out. If enyone knew Liu Siong they
would agree with me that he was not a nice man. Infact he was downright
mean and nasty when it came to people. He didnt get along with enyone
for the most part and had no respect for the human race in general.
To me this is noteworthy because the race doesn't deserve eny respect.
Look at this place. Its like totally fucked up. And them are my words
not dads. To me dad is right and trust nobody.Do the best you can
with the time you have and dont worry about nothing. when you go,
which you will, you will be in a far better place than this ball of
dirt called earth,we are forced to share with the subspecies called
man. Liu Siong said,"Humans are the lowest benotangs on
earth".Benotang means animals. This is a quote. So, have no mercy or
love wasted on phychic parasite's or pipedreams.
Willem M. Reeders,son of Liu Siong.