Dear Steve and Mick,

the spirit lifts the body upwards

Dear Steve and Mick,

My perspective from the shallow end of the pool:

It is quite amazing that I have the privilege of training under the instruction of great leaders. It is difficult to express and sometimes I am consumed by the crap floating around in my head that I fail to really and truly appreciate the opportunity provided to me by CFX. Thank you.
My spirit is lifted by the seemingly endless energy that you guys put into the place, and especially into the people who frequent it. It fuels the positive energy that lives and breathes there.

The effort put in by the team in Brisbane brought a real sense of inspiration to me because it made me think about the fact that I have the opportunity to train with and by people who actually get into the arena, as opposed to the complacency that I see going on here all day - we become what (and who) we surround ourselves with - I am working on improving that one.

Thank you for using your talents to build this special place and offer your experience and knowledge to those of us who otherwise would continue to live under the delusion that there is no hope of being something better.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings;
but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Cheers,

Stella