My Faith has been tested to the limits this week by the loss of my best friend. Through the faith of my friends mother she has kept me standing tall and remembering this is Gods will. God is love. My family and friends and employer have been so supportive and have shown me I am stronger then I thought I was through my Faith. I was able to overcome my worst fears to do right by my friends family side in their time of loss. The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

Hi.. This is Ganesh Bura From India.

If you could speak to your Day 1 self—the moment you first stepped onto this path… What’s the one piece of advice you’d give? Not from ego, but from experience. Something simple, real, and honest that might help someone else just starting out. Drop it below 👇 Let’s make this thread a mirror for growth—for those ahead of us, and those just beginning.

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I joined this group over a year ago after seeing one of Sifu’s videos on Instagram where he smashed that punching bag with such thunderous impact that I had to replay that video a couple more times just to make sure it was real. Don't know about you, but I could literally feel the power ripple through the screen. I remember thinking: “That’s some modern-day Jedi training.” That moment lit something up in me. I got excited about learning Wing Chun, developing real internal power, and mastering the State. But I didn’t take much action other than joining the One Tao Family group and following Sifu on social media. I told myself things like: “What if I’m not good at it?” “What if it doesn’t work for me?” “I should probably save some money…” So instead of joining the Academy, I stayed on the sidelines. I’d watch some of the training videos in the courses, the occasional clip on Instagram, skim a few newsletters, but I didn’t really commit. A whole year passed like that with me watching from a distance while my excuses quietly won the mental battle. Then a few weeks ago, something shifted. That same excitement returned when I got another newsletter talking about an online webinar on martial arts and a fun META DOJO event. At first, I brushed it aside and told myself I was too busy for all this stuff. But this burning feeling inside kept coming back. I found myself scrolling through the Skool platform more and more to check out what was happening these days. Then one day, I just said: “You know what… fuck it! Stop overthinking it. Just show up for 30 days. No pressure. If it's not for me, I could walk away knowing I gave it a shot. I could always go back to my old life anyway, so what have I got to lose? Easy." But here I am—24 days in—and so much has changed for me that I wanted to share with you. I feel more energy in my body. It started with tingling in my hands that later spread to the whole body the more I showed up and did the training. I’ve had sharper insights at work and it's less stressful. I have clearer emotional awareness, and moments of flow I can’t fully explain.