Last night, Quincy and Grace's karate school had a special board breaking class. Yes, that's right...board breaking. The instructors all but guaranteed that everyone who attended would break a board.
And break a board, he did! Mom was teaching a class, so Dad was the witness to this feat of concentration and strength. Prior to breaking the board, each student was given a marker with which they were to write their goal on the top half of the board and the obstacles to their goal on the bottom half. Quincy wrote for his goal "8th Degree Black Belete 20020" (meaning 8th Degree Black Belt by 2020). For his obstacles, he wrote "quiting and not triing" (quitting and not trying). Then, Master Galloway, the instructor, showed them techniques to channel their concentration and energy into breaking the board and symbolically separating their goal from the obstacles that would prevent success.
Quincy broke his first board on the third attempt. The second board broke apart on the first attempt. Quincy was very excited about his accomplishment and has told of his amazing feat to almost anyone who would listen.
He told me this morning that he was going to keep his board in his room so that he can always remember his goal. If he is to become an 8th degree black belt, it will take him until 2020, when he is 19 years old. Not many six-year-olds can make that kind of committment.
We'll be there cheering him on every step of the way to 8th Degree Black Belt or whatever goal he aspires.
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