TCC Pulls Me Back

I have become aware recently during my T’ai Chi Chih practice of lessons I have learned and gifts I have received these past five years since Jim’s death. I have been on an incredible journey that has been difficult but rich with knowledge I could never have learned from a book. 

I look back to those early painfully raw days and stand in gratitude for the people who entered my life at just the right moment, bringing gifts necessary to move forward on the journey, traveling to a new life without my partner. It is a life I must create but thankfully I am not alone. 

Each TCC movement surrounds me with energy and peace. This allows me to open to experiences I did not sign up to receive, and yet I am grateful for their presence. I am stronger than I thought I could ever be. Having come through fire I am no longer afraid. I have been forged and tempered by pain into a person of resilience. I can and will survive this and move forward. 

TCC has drawn people to me who have eased my pain. I began again to feel a sense of purpose. The rhythm and power of TCC keeps me centered and pulls me back when I wobble away from where I am grounded and stable.

I am eternally grateful to Justin for the gift of TCC, one that keeps on giving, and to the TCC community of students and teachers who have accompanied me on this path of rebuilding.