The Lighter Side (November 2017)

At the end of my college class, I hand out an evaluation form. In response to the question, “Do you feel you have been helped by learning T’ai Chi Chih?” one student said, “Yes, it’s very peaceful and weirdly healing.”

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I use natural light when I teach, since fluorescents bother my eyes. On one rainy day, though, I had no choice but to use fluorescent lights. There were two wall switches, each lighting different ceiling panels.

I turned one switch on, then the other, and I kept alternating between them, asking the class which set of lights they preferred. After asking, “How is this?” or “Is this better?” I chuckled and said that I feel like I’m at the eye doctor’s when they ask me to read the eye chart.

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