If I Could Have a Super Power.....

It had been so long since I put my feet to the sky, one of my favorite moments in an outdoor Tae Kwon Do workout.  The sun is there and usually some leaves from the trees, and there are my feet, inverted of all their normal responsibility, the most carefree they ever are.  There is usually also a back-of-mind thought pertaining to the importance of Tae Kwon Do, the current state of my practice, why I'm doing it sort of thing.  It's not something I've even acknowledged before today's workout, but it was there and common place.  That there should be a moment unhindered by my tracking mind, just enjoying the bliss of such a stretch, would be absurd.  What is this for?  For what good do I do this?

And that's it.  It is for that question, for that opportunity to see that such a moment exists.  To see something upside-down and beautiful and to feel my mind blocking it from me in its hidden and subtle ways.  Tae Kwon Do, like many of the practices that I have found to be the most valuable in my life, can open doors to seeing the world in new ways, to seeing the way that I tend to see it, and offering the opportunity to step back from that, perhaps even trying on a new perspective.  There are likely many people, most certainly the children with whom I interact nearly everyday, that could enjoy such a moment without care.  To see myself in the moment gives me a chance to be something or someone else.  And with that, live many more lives than my own.