Patterns

They hide the truth.

They distract us from our true intent.

Often times they need to be solved, sometimes they need to be thought through and through. People have said that they don't need a rocket scientists to untie a knot.

Once there was the Gordian Knot, which was famously could not be solved, Alexander the Great however would not allow such a small thing to stand in his way. He didn't try to untie it from the pole or even touch it; instead he sliced it in half with his sword. He would not allow such a small thing to stand in his way of greatness.

Boxers often use an unusual technique of bob and weeve. They would leave a slide of their face or chin open to confuse their opponent. As they move left and right, they continually bob their head in and out of their opponents reach or strikes. They would then use looping punches to strike their opponent in hard to reach areas such as the temple or the rib cage.

Nowadays, bob and weeve is only effective when used over and over again in fights. Speed is not everything, the user must be able to analyse and predict his opponents punches and he must constantly change his pattern until the opponent falls into his confusing dance.

Why is it effective? Imagine trying to hit a target that is moving and you feel your very close to hitting it yet you continue to miss over and over again, would you quit? Sometimes yes, sometimes no ; yet it is often that we do keep trying over and over again to hit the pattern. Sooner or later it falls into a cycle until the striker realise it's too late or time is up.

Yes, repeating patterns are often distractions. They sometimes hide our goal or true intent yet the bib and weeve has it weakness. The user will soon realise that his movements become too evident and too noticeable. The opponent is then able to calculate roughly when or how far the user moves in.

The weakness of patterns is that it reveals itself too easily. My friend gave me the idea when I and her fell into a cycle. Work hard and fall short, but such things are just bad luck. Maybe we did something wrong, maybe we're reading something wrong.

However, Possibilities are endless outside of this pattern.

Bob and weeve has one final weekness, thinking outside the box. By ignoring or disregarding the pattern, we can do whatever we want. We can focus on what we want to do.

The world doesn't control our lives, it merely creates circumstances where we feel we can't win or hit or excel. We can choose what we want to do in such circumstances.

Sure it gets harder when it's older but truth is my friend, it'll pay off. Hard work pays off one way or the other. It maybe achievement or ethic or habit but it's a habit worth picking up.

Nothing we do is ever useless. Everytime we work hard, it's never useless. It may not reflect on our results but it definitly reflects in our scars, memories, notes, journals, diaries, words, our heart, our mind, and our attitude.

It's not how whether we achieve or not but how we tried to achieve and how we can make ourselves better from trying.

Win or lose, learn to change and never fear failure.