Just a few days ago.. maybe a week ago.. I was teaching this small boy how to do a triple turning kick.. Seriously.. triple turning kick is really not one of my fortes... Just picked it up about 4 months ago when I joined my new club... This small boy around 12 or 11 was unable to do the kick.. He refused to lift his supporting foot off the ground to execute the three kicks at once.. I asked him, "Why don't you try.. at least try.. you know.. maybe do one turning kick followed by a double turning.. must at least try... brown belt already you know.. should be able to kick double turning kick."
He told me " I am scared cos when I tried it last time, I fell... very painful."
" It's ok.. Just try again..Try until you stop falling... I fall all the time too... but after falling a few more times.. you will pick up the technique... Just don't stop trying."
Well, after I said that, he really tried. At least he tried.. and after a few rounds.. I could see the remarkable improvement..
The thing is.. most of us are like that isn't it? When it comes to love.. I wonder why people call it falling in love instead of rising in love? Some of us fell once.. long long time ago when we were just amateurs and we assume that we should never try it again because we are just bad at it... it's really very much like picking up a new taekwondo kick... you keep falling.. and its very painful.. and after awhile.. you just conclude that this kick is not for you... but the truth is.. all experts start off as amateurs.. You just got to keep going.. You might have been a yellow belt in love when you first started but now you are already a brown belt.. go out and give it a shot.. For all you know, you might just perfect that kick.
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