Readers Commentary (March 1995)

The Special anniversary issue of The Vital Force was superb. I loved the creativity, warmth and gratitude that flowed through the messages and pages — those written and those pictorials! Thanks so much to Justin, Steve, and all the TCC family!

– Anita Germain
White Bear Lake, MN

Thank you for the great new edition of The Vital Force! Teachers are beginning to express themselves freely in it, and it is acting as a great stimulus to all teachers. Keep up the good work!

– Justin Stone
Albuquerque, NM

Wow! I’m only half way through the VFJ and am very impressed. I hate to admit this, especially to you, but the past couple of years I haven’t connected with the VFJ the way I used to. I used to sit down the minute I’d receive it and read from cover to cover, but not so the past couple of years. I would sporadically pick it up, read a page or two then set it down. I truly don’t believe it had to do with the content or quality of the the VFJ, but with my connection – because it has always continued to improve, I feel, with each issue. But I feel like I am reading this new issue and comparing it with VFJ’s of many years ago. Or maybe I am just more open for there is something on every page which speaks to me. I don’t know what’s so special about this issue, but I know it got me started writing two articles simultaneously.

– Sandy McAlister
Hayward, CA

Despite the “business” of the holiday and school seasons since last gathering for the TCC Review in Alameda, in wonder and hope I am grateful for the gifts of “connecting” through the TCC energy.

– Gail Collins SCU
Oakland, CA

The magazine gets better and better. It now stays longer on the table by my chair. More thought is obviously going into the magazine and much more thought must go with the reading of it. Thanks for inspiration.

Love and Blessings.

– Jean Stone
Bullhead City, AZ

I thought the illustration of the old Chinese proverb — “Fallen Leaves Return To Roots” by Mie Shu 12/94 (see back cover) — might be of interest to VF Journal readers as it points to nature’s circularity, which is based on “softness (surrender) and continuity (flow)” — perhaps the deepest principle of T’ai Chi Chih practice.

– Steve Ridley
Denver, CO