It’s a privilege to be able to get to do something. The “Get to” mindset moves from force to appreciation. When we “have to” do something, we resist it naturally by virtue of the way that the thing is framed. This view removes the autonomy from the equation, and we are pushed into whatever it is that we are doing. It’s a task that is imposed on us, one that we don’t have a choice in. The “Have to” mindset means begins from a place of force. If you are resetting your mindset for your fencing in positive ways, then that’s going to bleed out into the other areas of life. As always, there is a synergy to the relationship between growth as a fencer and growth in life. It’s something that we can take to our fencing training in meaningful ways. Teachers and school administrators are nothing less than inspiring during this time, and we are thankful for the spark that we find in them. There was some great insight in this that came from our school superintendent, and it helped me to think of how this process can work. Remodeling our mindset starts with conceptualizing the change that we need. Changing one’s mindset is a tough process, but that’s why it’s transformative! A mindset reset allows us to push ourselves in new directions and to take advantage of the opportunities that are sitting right in front of us. This doesn’t happen easily or without focus. The answer is that we must change our mindset. It’s all well and good to recognize that we have to adapt, but how do we adapt effectively? We must adapt to new ways of fencing, with socially distanced instruction and new modalities of practice. We must adapt to wearing masks and social distancing. We must adapt to a new physical environments and models of learning. There are a great many things that the pandemic calls on us to adapt to. It’s no easy thing to do, and in the midst of a global pandemic that has changed our daily lives, it is both more important than ever before and also more difficult than ever before. In both fencing and in daily life, we have the opportunity to change our manifested world when we adapt our mindset. The mind is the most powerful thing that we have. Beautiful flower seedling growing in the center trunk as a concept of new life
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