I hope you dance...

Many of us have forgotten how to dance.  When did that happen?  As children it was almost instinctive - when the music came on we got happy and danced.  Somewhere we got the idea that it was not okay.  Of course there are many who get all dressed up on a Friday night, have a couple drinks, and then feel loose enough to get out and move their feet a little.  I'm not talking about that.  I'm talking about even when one is all alone and especially when one is all alone just feeling and expressing the simple and free joy of life or the happiness of a moment.  For all the ups and downs of life there IS a time to dance.



Ecclesiastes 3  King James Version (KJV)

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I love this song and hope that if you are not familar with it you will take a moment to listen:

 "I Hope You Dance"
LEE ANN WOMACK LYRICS

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.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

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.

Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)

 

Life is a dance you know, you learn as you go, sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow, don't worry about what you don't know...life's a dance you learn as you go.  Who can sing it better than John Michael Montgomery?  Another one of my favorites.

 

Still not dancing?  Get the Shackles off your feet so you can dance.  Mary Mary can help get you going.