Why fight? Today's answer

I forgot to add that I told everyone about the fight this last week. My friends had been unhappy that I had waited until the last minute to let them know I was fighting. I promised I would do so earlier this time, but I found myself hard pressed to do so. The thing is that I am ambivalent about the attention it brings me. I really love the support they have given me and wouldn't be able to aspire to this without it, but I am not doing this for that attention. This is about something I need to do to improve my martial arts and myself. It is to test both of these in a tough environment and it may end badly. I am not going to be unhappy from that perspective if I lose (although I would prefer not to) as long as it instructs me in useful ways. But having shared widely, I feel like I am fighting for all my friends who I train with. Much like the early post about my health in training, life is not perfect so I am going to embrace the idea that I am fighting for my friends ("The Greying Hope" for us older folks) and get out there and beat my opponent.