(1) Giving people more than they give you. (2) Getting caught in a situation that is beyond your ability to escape. (3) In martial arts, forcing your opponent into a situation that allows you to submit and defeat him.
Conspiracy theorists love creating story lines that sound like plots from spy movies. Secrets. Powerful people. Follow the money. Choose a hero to rescue the good guys. Laugh at everyone else who doesn’t get it. And recruit new people to join your crusade.
The anti-mask team has a strong position. They don’t want to wear masks. But they like it when other people wear masks around them.
Social distancing really doesn’t work for most martial arts practices. If students don’t return, schools will suffer as owners have trouble making ends meet. Covid-19 scores another win.
June was a difficult month. Protests for Black Lives Matter took center stage. Police continued to shoot black men, even while protests took place. Covid-19 cases escalated at alarming rates. People remained divided over wearing masks or not.
It’s hard for me to relate to Allison’s character, “Chloe”, being sweet and innocent, knowing that in real life, she did evil things to women, enslaving them and makng them call her “Master”.
Sharing power sounds scary, but it works to slow your Doomsday Clock. Being connected, instead of separate, requires significant changes in how you relate to people.
At a base level, I have to trust people. I have to feel connected to something. I need to trust the organizations that serve us. But my trust is broken.
Cruelty continues. It all started because the $20 bill George Floyd presented was perceived to be fake by the cashier.
Broken Trust: When someone says, “the numbers are wrong”, trust is shaken and doubt takes over.
The coffee shop owners had their Mother’s day fun, but were soundly defeated on Monday.