Returning

So last night, there was a picnic, G has returned and we met to ask where do we all go from here ?

I go straight from work and I arrive really early. There is no-one in the hall, I could play some Tai Chi, however and I'm not sure why, it is not Tai Chi which calls me, it is Taekwondo which I haven't done for ages and ages.

I start with some warm ups, I play bits of some patterns I remember, I do lots of punches and kicks, my kicks get bigger and bigger, I feel great, really invigorated. I get really hot and I rest a while. Then, I play some Tai Chi, the contrast strikes me big time, it is huge, from wild, big impressive kicks and powerful, external movements - to calm, quiet and slow floating through the air, true stillness and yet still powerful, internal movement. I am struck by this more than ever before because of the contrast with my earlier movements.

My Taekwondo time was and still is up. It's Tai Chi time in my life now for sure.

G arrives and it is great to see her after so long. We play some Tai Chi as a group, I feel great, I feel part of something great. We take our picnic out onto the Downs and we share the cooling evening as a group together. M is wearing the friendship bracelet I made, I am touched and I feel a little embarrased (I thought I made them all too small !), he gives me a mandala sticker to stick where I will !!

All too soon it is time to go home.