travel light, move fast

Some wisdom for the week (posted a day or so late) from <lj-cut text="Rob's Free Will Astrology:> Rob's Free Will Astrology: <b>Cancer</b>: If you were a medieval knight going into battle with a full suit of armor, the advantage you had from the metal's protection was offset by the extra energy it took to haul around so much extra weight. In fact, historians say this is one reason that a modest force of English soldiers defeated a much larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The Frenchmen's armor was much bulkier, and by the time they slogged through muddy fields to reach their enemy, they were too tired to fight at peak intensity. The moral of the story, as far as you're concerned: To win a great victory in the coming weeks, shed as many of your defense mechanisms and as much of your emotional baggage as possible. ******* I think I wear a lot less armor these days than I used to, but I'm definitely carrying around much more mental encumbrance. Worries about this or that, and a lot of commitments that leave me with very few resources for anything other than recurring/daily tasks and hard-coded commitments. It just doesn't give me much room to change my strategy on the fly. Tangentially and metaphorically related: I'm very excited to be participating in an "intro to Hapkido" workshop tomorrow. Lots of contact sparring, locks, throws, and the like. Being so much smaller than most of my potential opponents, my major advantage is to be just a bit faster (and just a bit meaner) than they expect me to be. I figure I'm going to get bruised a bit, but at least I won't be surprised by the contact. Still quite pleased not to be a Delicate Flower. I've been regaining some of that physical quickness lately, but I don't have it mentally like I used to. Need to figure out what kind of weight I can clear outta my head to improve processing speed, etc.