Jesse Enkamp bemoans the loss of childhood with all its passion for living and big dreams. He remembers wanting to be a pirate, an astronaut, an alien, and a kung-fu master. But along the way of growing up he complains we all are swayed from our passion into a comfort zone. We educate ourselves to please our parents, and we find comfortable jobs that pay for comfortable lifestyles to please society.
He wants everyone to embrace the passions of childhood that we’ve neglected in the name of expectation and normalization. He wants us all to remember where we came from and recapture those big dreams and passions. He quotes from Buddha about “honesty.”
Next he invites everyone to blog why they do karate. He answers his own question first to get the ball rolling. But does his answer reflect a great inner passion for karate, a great childhood dream? No, Jesse Enkamp started karate because his parents made him take a class. He later developed the passion for karate; it gave him direction, belief, identity, confidence, and strength of body and mind. Maybe Mom and Dad sometimes, or in this one instance, know better about some things.
Nevertheless, the question has inspired a huge following of answers. Perhaps you would like to share your own story.
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