“Life so short, the craft so long to learn.” (Hippocrates)<\/p>\n
As you age, this phrase may have more impact. It’s very difficult for younger folks to realize how precious life is and respect how rapid it passes. Time runs; perceptions change – growing more keenly focused on a “lifetime”, whatever that is or how long. <\/p>\n
The word “craft” is not often heard today. It seems old world; it’s generational inference and disjunction is massive. And though put on the back shelf of the rapidity of life today, it has not, itself, as a powerful word, lost anything – “craft” – oh to savor a word – for me, it would be “craft.”<\/p>\n
Kung Fu is such a thing. Such a thing to savor – a true and pure, “craft.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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