Dear Students, Teachers and Parents,

After last week's events, I hope everyone approaches this week with a
new passion. We are never guaranteed a tomorrow so I think it is
important to remember to do the right things today. A good goal for
this week, " Take care of the important things in your life and tell
the people around you that you care."

Continuing with last week's lesson on all actions have consequences
and this week's idea of the law of the farm, it becomes clear that we
should use these concepts as we develop our specific goals for
success.

The warrior is intimately aware of his environment and the
characteristics of systems. Rain forests, deserts, and coral reefs
are not the only ecosystems; relationships have the same underlying
principles. As the first law of ecology tells us, " It's all
connected." From this perspective, the warrior sees an attack on
another as an attack on oneself. Everything we do has other
ramification. As ecologist Garrett Harden put it, " We can never do
merely one thing." Lao Tzu said it with, "Actions return onto ones
head." As you sow, so shall you reap. Nothing you do is worthless,
trivial or cheap; all things, ideas, and behaviors have systemic
consequences. Your power and success lie in everything you touch.
Farmers plant in the spring, nourish through out the year and then
harvest in the fall. This can not be rushed. Can you imagine someone
waiting till autumn, cramming the seeds in the ground and then
pulling on the stalks to try and get the crop in on time? This simply
does not work. Martial arts are the same; you can not rush it.
Training 2-3 times per week for years produces quality. One works a
little at a time consistently. Cramming for an exam, or life, simply
doesn't work.

Till next week,
Terry Bryan