A New Life Beginning

Ralph Garn, Syracuse, NY

Rolph-e got up at his usual early morning hour and after his usual coffee … prepped for his daily appointment with T’ai Chi by stretching and breathing … bringing ‘mind’ to the calm of ‘acceptance’ … advantageous for this wonderful ‘purification’ rite.

The quiet of the new day breathed itself into the body as the current of ‘Chi’ began flowing … ebbing … flowing … rocking with the slow beat of the Earth on which he was grounded.

How long has it been since this daily ‘secret’ was given for the love expended to this universal force that had no demand of name or status? When did the ‘wooing’ process begin?

“Rolph-e, come play with me,” I hear … rise to my feet and go before the open deck door … feeling the cool Fall air penetrate the lungs in warm-up and … the ‘orchestration’ begins.

Rocking motion, feeling the ‘beat’ of the Earth drum beneath me … anchored by the ‘Force’ and becoming ‘One’ with the silent music of the ‘Chi’ … flowing now, smiling inward with me … the move begins to make a transition to something not felt before … a new song ready to be sung in the “Universe” of man … continuing … mixing the energy … the Conductor becomes the instrument … the song continues.

How long was it this time? Who knows and cares? The ‘Chi’ has had its ‘Way’ again … finding one to ‘comfort’ in the ‘Sea of Man’ … receptive hands reaching out to the morning sky in prayer of gratitude …