CHANGE
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela
Translation for Adults
As you mature, it is important to educate yourself continuously. Education increases your knowledge of the world and helps you develop a flexible world perspective. Education, and the knowledge it provides, empowers you to improve the world and help yourself and others grow. Remember, learning is a life-long commitment, and knowledge defines our humanness. Education is the process that prepares you to change yourself and your part of the world.
Translation for Kids
Sometimes a change in your life is scary. You might start a new martial arts class with higher belts, change schools, or move into a new neighborhood. Those scary changes are always opportunities to learn something important. Starting a new martial arts class is a step forward in your education of the martial arts. It’s a great opportunity to learn more advanced kicks and work with higher belts. As you learn more, you will be better prepared to face change. Now that changes are no longer scary, you’re able to help yourself and others to grow and do their best.
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
-Alice Walker
Translation for Adults
Take a minute to think about the people in your life. How often do they dismiss your plans or future ambitions as impossible dreams, or tell you that they will never happen? Clearly, you don’t want to surround yourself with those types of people. Instead, surround yourself with positive people whose encouragement, influence and motivation will help you to be successful and reach your full potential.
Translation for Kids
Would you want someone to be your friend if he or she always tells you that your ideas are no good or your dreams will never come true? Do you have any friends that act like that? Do you ever treat other people that way? Make sure that you have a positive attitude and the people in your life have a positive Black Belt attitude. The best friends are those who encourage you and help you grow.