Find Your Way

Has there ever been a day when you failed to achieve the level of expectation that you had set for yourself? EVERYONE has come across a day like this including one of the most inspiring people, Bruce Lee. Lee always set his standards high. He believed that each day brought with it the opportunity to improve ourselves physically and mentally, we could choose either to seize the moment to take a step closer to maximizing our potential and progress, or to decline the opportunity and thereby stagnate or regress.

NEVER underestimate your potential and NEVER put limits on what you can do. According to Lee, "there are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. And if it kills you, it kills you. A person must constantly exceed his level. Low aim is the worst crime a person has." Bruce Lee had a tremendous work ethic and one of the things that makes him such an inspiration to me is that he was "above all else concerned with function." The amazing physique he had developed was according to him a by-product, or effect, of the primary concern. Lee developed a very lethal package- lightning-fast reflexes, supreme flexibility, awesome power, and feline grace and muscularity.

Power, according to Lee, was demonstrated by an individual's possibility to use the strength developed quickly and efficiently for real-world purposes. Lee believed it is important to learn as much about your mind and body as possible. For him, he wanted to know what he was truly capable of , rather than settling for what he already knew he could accomplish. 

And for you, I believe somewhere down deep you have the ability to take the steps into improving and doing what your capable of. Never underestimate what your true capabilities are. Motivate yourself in pursuing whatever goals you strive for in life. Believe in yourself and your dreams.

According to Linda Lee (Bruce Lee's wife), the greatest talents that Bruce brought to realizing his dreams were intelligence and curiosity (a powerful combination), dedication and perseverance (stick-to-itiveness even when facing intervening obstacles), and focus (enjoying the journey as much as the dest ination). So it is now up to you...FOR YOU.

Always improving, never arriving at the peak, but always undergoing the process...the process of finding your way. "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." -Bruce Lee

Little, John. Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing The Human Body. 1998. Pg. 8-20.