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True Healing
Later at the banquet, we dined, enjoyed good fellowship
and listened to many speeches, one of which I found
myself delivering. I began by thanking James Acampora
for inviting me to Florida, and to Hanshi and Okusan
for allowing me to take part in the Chito-Ryu seminar.
The group poses under a waterfall at the hotel,
united by a spirit of budo and cooperation.
To me, the most important part of my
speech was when I stated: "People think
time heals all, but I feel it doesn't." I
think time can make you accept things. It can allow
you to forget, but time can never heal. It takes a
great act in order to heal. For me this seminar was
the act, the beginning of healing. I was truly glad
to be there and be part of it.
It was then that I felt a great weight move from my
heart and I was able to really move forward, through
the door that was offered earlier…
Even though my path ahead is clearly within Ryusei
Karate-Do, it was gratifying to mend the road behind
me, within Chito-Ryu.
—Roland J. Figgs, Sr.
Ryusei Karate-Do U.S.A. |
