3T Martial Arts

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Monkeys create strong communities by understanding rules, positions, and how to treat each other. In short, they build healthy relationships. Unhealthy relationships are where the other person can’t be trusted. Signs of unhealthy relationships come in many forms: possessiveness, manipulation, isolation, sabotage, belittling, guilting, volatility, deflecting responsibility, and betrayal to name a few. You have to establish boundaries and know your principles. You have to know it’s okay to walk away from an unhealthy relationship.

The strength of the monkey often comes because monkeys fighting together as a community. They share resources and look for opportunities to help one another. They keep each other accountable by not allowing their community members to make excuses, but rather challenge them to greatest out of Love. It’s important to function in a group but not get caught in group think, which happens in herd mindset. In a wolf-pack, each wolf is individually strong but bring their strength together in a group. Humility is key to working with others and knowing each other’s strengths.

The Monkey teaches us that moments matter, but fun is even better. Fun moments last a long time, creating a lot of inside jokes and moments you think about fondly. Fun moments help add to the emotional bank account, where you add to with Love and Trust and take from with betrayal and selfishness. In the fun moments, we forget about a lot of the sucky-ness that life throws at us. Learn to laugh at yourself. The monkey teaches us to not take life too seriously.