I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.
There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.
It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.
Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously.
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.