Discipline and a sense of commitment are two essential prerequisites to accomplishing anything. With qigong, tai chi, kung fu, wu shu, taekwondo or even kalari payat, your sense of commitment will encounter obstacles somewhere along the journey.
Like all lifeforms of biodegradable material, we can get discouraged, lose enthusiasm and lack the vital discipline that guarantee success in most personal ventures.
There have been times in my life when the urge to exercise and stay fit was not there. Such things do happen, you know. You get lazy and just feel like sleeping 10 more minutes. The mind is willing but the flesh is weak, if you know what I mean.
So without beating around the bush any further, what I am driving at is that if you want to achieve some success in the practice of qigong or any of the martial arts which I have mentioned earlier, you MUST have this sense of commitment.
Be disciplined. There's no way to get around it. If you are feeling sleepy, shock your system by getting out of your stupor by moving your hands and hips and getting into the swing of things.
Find the best times to "tune up" your body. After a while, your body will obey your mind. But first, set your mind straight. Condition your mind, then your body will re-condition itself.
You simply must do this, otherwise you will just become fat and lazy. The months will roll by, the years will slip pass and next thing you know, you will be a roly-poly - the object of ridicule and the subject of unsavoury remarks.
After a while, you will feel sorry for yourself. Your family will treat you like a pathetic lump of lard and may even say a couple of prayers for you. The worst thing that can happen to you is that you will lose all respect for yourself and you will literally give up on yourself. Now you don't want that, do you?
That's why a thousand years ago, some very wise man in China said: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." And so it begins......with you.
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