借屍還魂

Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul[edit]

• (借屍還魂／借尸还魂, Jiè shī huán hún)
• Take an institution, a technology, a method, or even an ideology that has been forgotten or discarded and appropriate it for your own purpose. Revive something from the past by giving it a new purpose or bring to life old ideas, customs, or traditions and reinterpret them to fit your purposes

Not that the Wong Fei Hung song is underused. In fact it is overused. But when I taught it to my kids. I realized that it is an awesome self affirmation. I was looking for some cool stuff to say in the morning. The Our Father and the Hail Mary honestly, have problems when you look at the words themselves. The words are not very empowering. But Nam Yi Dong Ji kerng is. the only problem is for female students But you can easily just sing Lui yi dong ji kerng, so whatev.

Basically Kung Fu itself, was resurrected and re-purposed and if you are looking media to teach the idealogy of Kung Fu you have access to so many movies (many of which Mandy Chan is in)

The HK gangster movies too. I mean if you wanted to brainwash yourself... there is no shortage of stuff to sing, watch, and and even physically practice. It's amazing that this stuff has been used mostly as a means for entertainment. One could argue that the God of Gamblers movies probably increased profits at casinos...

But there is a lot of negative stuff that goes with these old movies too. Nam Yi Dong Ji kerng is pretty clean. 

Personal:

I have been pretty depressed recently. And I realized I haven't been singing this song in the mornings. So a) I should gt back into that

b) I need to start teaching classes, because that gave me an adrenaline rush that was able to satisfy me. 

In other words, I have to teach... sort of like it is a drug. And I have to teach people that are interested in learning. 

So really,  I should open a school. It sounds so simple and so many people have done it I mean if I am ADDICTED to teaching, then it makes sense that I should open a school. Even if I break even, that is actually a profit when you are comparing it to alcoholism, gambling, or an opioid addiction. 

I mean I guess I could lose money. 

I could also make money.

Only writing this did I realize that I sort of have no option. I have to teach Kung Fu. 

I mean yes there are other things that could satisfy me too. Maybe even more so. But all of those things are dependent on others on so many ifs... and I guess I could pursue those simultaneously.