By Ferne M. Horner
Tai Chi Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, August 1997
It’s 6:00 a.m., I am dragging through some warm-up exercises before I start my daily Taiji practice. “Why am I doing this?” I ask myself. I could have slept another half hour, I need to wash my hair, those goons at the office will probably be on my case again today, this hurts. Why am I doing this?
Here’s why I’m doing it and will keep on doing it no matter how much it hurts.
On March 30, 1995, I had a stroke. I subsequently spent ten days in the hospital (five of them in intensive care), and was away from work and Taiji for four months. I’m one of the lucky ones.