Thank goodness for hard training..

Again, I have found myself thanking my Sensei in my mind for the good training that he has provided for me in the dojo. I was at work, and we had quite a hard day ahead of us to complete the work that needed to be done in those 8 hours. Almost everyone that I was working with suffered from awful pains in the back, and legs during the course of the day, but all that I found myself doing was getting a little breathless for awhile. I just stopped, and took a few deep breaths, and continued on with my work. The next day I was moving as usual, but my co-workers were living with severe soreness all over. As I watched them suffering like that, I really appreciated the gift of being able to go to a dojo, and train hard during the week.

I have always understood that high demands during training was keeping me in good shape, but I never felt the effect of it in daily life until just recently.