{"id":2771,"date":"2014-04-16T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:15:57","slug":"the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Way we should live but usually don&#8217;t. As Martial Artists we are supposed to be role models, we usually are not.\u00a0 Like so many we do things for selfish reasons.\u00a0 We miss the multitude of opportunities God sends our way to do those small (and big) things and improve the lives of our fellow man.\u00a0 Selfish.\u00a0 Any discipline requires some denial of the self, be it diet to lose weight or not watching TV so you can practice that kata or technique a few more times.\u00a0 If only we would apply that same sacrifice in our dealings with others.\u00a0 The noise of the modern world seduces us so we can ignore those small important acts of kindness and love which help us grow and find internal peace.\u00a0 What surprised me was the fact that it was a TVC Thai Life Insurance commercial\/public service announcement that inspired me to reflect on this very fact&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Unsung Hero&quot; [\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e22\u0e19\u0e15\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e42\u0e06\u0e29\u0e13\u0e32 \u0e1b\u0e35 \u0e1e.\u0e28.2557 ] [Official TVC 2014: Thai Life Insurance]\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uaWA2GbcnJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/2x_Fl3NQVd4<\/p>\n<p>Who did you help today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Way we should live but usually don&#8217;t. As Martial Artists we are supposed to be role models, we usually are not.\u00a0 Like so many we do things for selfish reasons.\u00a0 We miss the multitude of opportunities God sends our way to do those small (and big) things and improve the lives of our fellow<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/the-way\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button \">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,66,23,53],"tags":[169,17,20,22,178,172,177],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-zen-thing","category-religion","category-state-of-mind","category-video","tag-awareness","tag-beliefs","tag-meditation","tag-perspective","tag-religion","tag-state-of-mind","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}