Slow dance

Slow dance

I remember when I was a teenager, I loved to dance and sing to music, sounds of Madonna’s Like a Virgin album, or Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany.   Bon Jovi was my favorite group of all time, and still is.  Life seemed simpler, you didn’t think of who was watching or listening, you just got lost in the moment.  

I didn’t remember how that felt until recently when I realized that I started to feel that again, that in the moment, not worried about what would occur too much in the future, within reason of course, after all, I still am an adult!

It is that moment in time when you sit back, you dance, you sing, you breathe.  Something happens and you realize that you finally let go of the past that hurt you, and you stop worrying about what will happen and take things as they come.   You start to smile more, and enjoy the little things more, from the cute things your pets do, to the funny moments you have with family and friends.  You laugh more.  You come to realize your happier, in many ways happier than you have been in years, and you know your ready, ready for the real love to enter your life, whomever that will be.  You learned to let go, and let in love, friendships, family.  You empathize now not only on someone’s pain but on their happiness. The reason?  You understand both.  You are not so focused on what was done to you, or who hurt you, but of what life has given you both good and bad.  You feel in ways you never felt before, quieter yet deeper. 

It is your awakening.  You now understand what it means when they say:

 “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”

We have a short time on earth.  Make the best of it, let go of the bad moments, they will pass.  Embrace all that is good, and live…live…live.  

We are not guaranteed tomorrow, so why not take that jump ahead?