Shake Your Beauty!

My husband and I just finished celebrating National Dance Day with all of our Dance With Me family and their families and friends. In addition to having the absolute best time, I was really moved by the look on everyone's faces as they danced.We challenged them to "bring it" and they did! These were men, women, and children who are not professional dancers and over half of them consider themselves to be shy or introverted. Yet, here we all were on a sunny Saturday outside surrounded by two hundred other people who cheered on or joined in at various times. The power of music and dance. What I saw was what it looks like when one feels supported and encouraged and loved. No one was judging anyone else. We don't allow that in our classes anyway. I saw freedom and pure joy in their faces and it was... beautiful. In a city where "networking" is often mistaken for connecting, I saw people look each other in the eye and really see. There was a soul blending that, in my opinion, was very Avatar... except without the tail touching thing. They were exposed,  vulnerable, honest, sweaty and it was BEAUTIFUL ! Why can't that be on the cover of a magazine for a change? No fights broke out. No one got drunk and made a scene.The party went on for hours and everyone  remembered every bit of what went on the next day. But I was struck by the glow on each person's face.There are many products on the market to help simulate a glow but this was the real thing. And it came from the love we all share for dancing and how it makes us feel. Billy and I felt so grateful to be a part of it. The very best way I can describe it is this: You know when shows like Nova or the Discovery Channel show the fast motion footage of a flower from bud to full bloom? You get to see how many times the stem sways from side to side as it's growing and moving toward the light. That's how we feel watching our students work it on the dance floor. With much of our society focusing on artificial attractiveness, it is such a blessing to be surrounded by all that natural beauty. So here's the deal... the next time you start to feel that you are not pretty or handsome enough, stop right there and work what your mama or papa gave ya and dance it out like it's a Friday night because there's nothing more beautiful than your "glow" light!