06/04/2026
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE A LIFE I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME TO WHERE I AM AND WHERE I'VE BEEN. I HAVE MET MANY AMAZING PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY, SOME, I STILL HAVE AT LEAST A REMOTE CONNECTION TO, OTHERS WERE LIKELY SENT TO BE MY LESSON(S) AND I DEFINITELY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
TODAY IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A LANDMARK IN MY LIFE AS IT SET THE COURSE AND COMPLETELY CHARTED IT FOR ME.
CHINA BROUGHT ME AN ART, A PHYSICAL TRAINING THAT BRINGS MORE THAN FITNESS, ANCIENT WISDOM AND A LIFESTYLE. BUT, CHINA IS NOT WHERE I WOUND UP. I FOUND MYSELF IN TAIWAN. I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED THAT DECISION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT GOT ME THERE, THE TRAGEDY OF TIANNAMEN SQUARE, YOU KNOW, "THE THING" THAT HAPPENED BUT, WE'RE NOT SURE HAPPENED? YES, THE SAME ONE!!!
I HAVE NEVER HID MY PRO-TAIWAN STANCE AND I WON'T. THAT IS WHERE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE, THAT IS WHERE MY HEART REMAINS.
I HAVE SADLY AND REGRETFULLY LOST FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY BUT, LEAVES FALL AND LEAVES GROW, NATURE DOES ITS WILL.
I CHOOSE THE RIGHT TO BE WHO I AM, I ALWAYS HAVE. ADMIRE, SCOFF, HATE, PICK ONE, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME.
I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REALITY OF FREEDOM AND THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM.
THERE'S A WAY TO LIVE WITH THE EARTH AND PEOPLE AND A WAY NOT TO LIVE WITH THE EARTH AND PEOPLE, I CHOOSE THE EARTH.
IT'S ABOUT POWER, NOT THE KIND YOUR INSTANT MIND SURMISES. POWER IS THE RAIN, THE WIND, THE STORM, THE RIVER, NOT "THE LAW". WHEN YOU PUT PEN AND PAPER TOGETHER, YOU GET ILLUSION. WARS, LIVES, "FRIENDSHIP", BUSINESS TIES, ILLUSIONS OF POWER, MADE BY MAN.
IT'S IN MY DNA, THE ANCIENTS TAUGHT, NOT EVERY LESSON WORKS IN EVERY SITUATION. THAT'S WHAT WE LEAVE, THE CHANCE. NEW ONES HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE RIGHT WHAT WE MADE WRONG.
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THE CHANCE???
