Loss

This has been a difficult time for our Texas community, losing Renza Moscatelli Baker and Richard Cutler. About 20 years ago, Renza came to T’ai Chi Chih after cancer left her legs weak. The practice was so helpful that she became accredited, taught many students, attended conferences, and sent two teachers to conference in her place when she could not attend. Richard taught at Austin Community College, and at a wake, all attendees participated in nine rounds of Rocking Motion in Richard’s honor. After another service, attendees joined in a TCC practice. Both teachers understood Justin Stone’s advice not to cling in Spiritual Odyssey: “Dwelling on the past, easy to do, is self-clinging. Living in the present, with gratitude, is rare. When we know Who and What we are, it is not difficult.” May we, like our TCC friends who have preceded us, understand and be consoled by this.