I hope you dance . . .

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat
but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one
single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you
empty handed,
I hope you still feel small
when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes
I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give
faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice
to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance . . .
I hope you dance.

(These are the words to a popular country song sung by Lee Ann Womack.) 

One of my favourite memories of visiting my family in past years was watching my little grandson Gabriel dance. I think he was about eighteen months old at the time. He's almost 12 now. He would be playing with his toys doing something completely random, and then a song would come on the radio or the television that would capture his attention . . . and all of a sudden, he would stop whatever it was he was doing, and stand completely still. Then it would start. At first just a few movements of his head, and then it would work it’s whole way down his body. Within just a few seconds, his whole body would be moving in rhythm to the music, and he would be dancing with total and complete abandon. He didn’t care that anyone was watching. I doubt he even noticed. He was dancing, and in his own little world, enveloped by sweet music and giving his whole self over to his own sense of rhythm. It was charming. It was beautiful. It was wonderful to watch. 

 

 Small children are like that. They have no sense of fear really, no self consciousness. They hear a song and they give themselves over to it. They don’t care about what you or I think . . . or what anyone thinks really. They just hear the music and they dance, with abandon and pure pleasure. Completely innocent of all the cares and woes of the world, they dance. They dance because they hear the music and they listen to how it makes them feel. They dance because they are in tune with their inner bliss. They dance because they want to.

Sometimes when I am alone I dance. I just listen to the music and I close my eyes and go with the flow. It’s a wonderful feeling, invigorating and inspiring. For those few moments . . . I can do anything, be anything . . . and I feel beautiful, the music enveloping me and carrying me away to a place where nothing and nobody else matters. It’s as if I am a bird, and I am flying, soaring through the air above this earthly realm . . . my own spirit carrying me to places only my inner voice can see or reach. For a few moments I am a child again and I am free to be me, free of all thoughts and cares and woes. It’s a wonderful feeling. 

 

Really . . . we should all dance through life. We should listen to the music around us, as it speaks to our soul. We should happily go with the flow, and abandon ourselves to feeling . . . and loving . . . and enjoying every scrap of our lives that we can, without worrying about anyone watching us, or what others will think. Finding our inner joy, and embracing it totally. Perhaps at first, we will only be comfortable moving our heads a little bit, but . . . as we free our spirits even more, we should feel the dance working it’s way down our whole body until we are totally involved and dancing in the deep end with both feet.

Too many of us live our lives just in passing, in fear of being judged, or hurt. We are afraid to listen to the music around us, afraid to abandon ourselves to the dance. We spend our lives sitting on the sidelines and letting it pass us by. Life has so much more to offer us than just a seat on the side . . . We need to grab it, hang on, and go . . . just go with the flow, enjoying the music of our lives and wherever it may take us. 

  

I hope you have a beautiful day today and that . . . you dance. Oh, and if you happen to be driving down the roadway today, and you see some crazy woman on the pavement, dancing with abandon, well . . . that would be me! 

A thought to carry with you  . . .  

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make it part of the dance.

~unknown  •。★★ 。* 。 

Spiritual Enlightenment  

I'm running really late this morning, so no Book of Mormon Corner until Monday. 

   

We are going to the dogs in the kitchen today with Cheesy Dog Treats!  Mitzie loved them!  They got her two paws stamp of approval!

Have a great Saturday!  Don't forget!

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