Recently, Sensei Lorrie and I had the misfortune of attending a funeral of a realative. During the Funeral Sermon the Pastor pointed out that on a tombstone that there is a date of birth and a date of departure with only a dash in between. The dash represents all that occurred between those dates. Thats a very important little symbol. A whole life represented by a dash.
Interesting thought. I’ve never thought about it that way before. What have you done with your dash.
It’s the dash that counts.
Written by Shihan Culver 7th Degree Black Belt in Mushindo Ryu Goshin Jitsu, 6th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate, 1st Degree Black Belt in Syu Sin Do
