The Gift (August 2018)

Note: In 2006 I wrote a book entitled Living in Balance (obviously, my T’ai Chi Chih practice had an impact on the content of the book). A poem within it resonates every time I practice TCC and every class I conduct, and I give a copy to each of my students. I believe doing and sharing TCC with classmates is The Gift. Here’s the poem: 

Take a hold of yourself. 

Care for yourself. 

Be gentle and good to yourself 

for you deserve it…not just now, 

but always, all the time.

You are special…

to me and to the world.

So please, do not hold back. 

We are all less if you do.

Know your uniqueness and 

care for your differences 

as there is no one else

in the whole world like you.

Give the gift of you to the world 

and the world and everyone it 

will be better for it.

Because of you, we are more.