What a difference a year makes. Time to set some new goals to help get me back on track it has been a tough September and has carried on into October. Just need to get through this last family get together and set the next week in motion. Body for life has not gone as planned but it only takes a day to be back on the right path.

I need to set some quick short term goals. I have homework from last week. I am writing a paragraph on pyramid training a question from blue belt curriculum. It was a really good homework assignment that Sifu Laurie gave me an intuition I guess. I am starting new on my blue belt curriculum but without a wide base of knowledge and technique I will not be able to reach as high as I would like. Human nature would be to move forward In an I want it now fashion. I need to be cognizant of this and try to expand my base to continue to grow. The wider the base the higher the peak.

I do not intend to offend I know these are hard economic times for many people.

On the front page of the Edmonton journal there was an article about foreign workers in Canada. I am beside myself with the way we have had such an about face turn on the subject. Two years ago we could not function as region without these hard working people. Now we are ready just to discard send back or ignore them. Many came here to start new and support their families. Now the economy has changed and many employers and the government are ready to send them packing. Did we all not come from somewhere? Where would be if our great grandparents were tossed out after coming to Canada to start their new lives. It really boggles my mind. I work very close with a group of about 9 Filipinos they are hard working and really great people and now after two years are being denied sponsorship to become Canadians. They just didn’t show up on our door step. We went out after them and recruited them to come here and help us through a major labor crunch. Now we want them just to walk away. So sad.

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