Multi Topic Post

What makes an actual apology?

Well, it must incorporate certainly full disclosed honesty.

When one simply says I'm sorry, clearly you are only sorry you got caught.

While I have thought about this for a long time, it didn't come to full comprehension until I read Instant Persuasion. Therein is contained an apology formula:
1st - Say, "I'm sorry for _______________."
2nd - Say, "In the future I will ________________."

This way both you and the person you are saying sorry to know exactly what you did, and why it would require being sorry. Then, you offer up a solution to prevent the action from recurring in the future. Without the latter part, you don't actual show any interest in changing you habits. This is a great key to the apology. Especially with the slew of apologies in our popular culture.

The second topic of this post is:
What would you teach someone if you knew it was the last opportunity to teach them?

I had very much wanted to do a demo team this Spring at as many locations as wanted to. However, we are working quite hard on being able to do Brown and Black belt preparation, Kata by tournament, fundraiser, and more, that I have simply failed to bring it up in time to work on it in a timely manner.

There are lifetimes worth of lessons able to be learned in a martial arts class, but after consulting with the lawyer and learning of the 9 month waiting period for a hearing in Douglas County Court, due to so many backlogged cases in civil court, I believe this will more than likely be my last semester ever in America, unless miraculously the insurance company changes their position or even more miraculous the improperly set up "board" gets brains and fixes my unit ASAP.

I have meditated a little focusing on the aspects I wish to bestow upon my students, and what I hope to teach them, but I know I will have challenges in doing so through just one semester. In fact, many students may just have one class.

So, what is the most important thing to teach someone if they even can learn it from you?

I focus most of my life on respect, but respect is something demonstrated and learned throughout one's life. I can show them as much as I can in one session, but how much will stay.

I work on basics, which can transform into great techniques, but require much practice and depth of understanding to grasp fully.

So, without boring my students to tears, what will I be able to bestow upon them before I leave?

As one great instructor said, with time running out, I no longer speak softly, but find myself yelling even more, if only for my students to learn one more lesson before I pass on.

Will that be the philosophy?

I know not tonight. Hopefully, tomorrow I can meditate some more, but it is doubtful that time will appear before me.

Third topic:
China?
Japan?
Korea?
Germany?
New Zealand?
Bahamas?
Mexico?
Canada?
Australia?
Uninhabited Island?