The Wedding Dance

So why do I always cry at weddings?

I do.  I will myself not to -- in vain.

Intermittent tears from the deepest places of my heart.

And as the father danced with the bride,

I found myself wondering how I would feel

when I dance with one of my sons

on their wedding day.

A bittersweet moment of memories, beginnings, hope & wonder.

And then it was time for all the guests to dance

as we celebrated

love

and life

and laughter

and happiness

as we made memories,

and recalled distant ones.

We should all take time to dance.

But when you dance, dance with heart.

It is a life lesson all its own.

“"Dancing with the feet is one thing, 

but dancing with the heart is another."

While I dance

I cannot judge,

I cannot hate,

I cannot separate myself from life.

I can only be joyful and whole.

That is why I dance.

~ Hans Bos

“To dance is to be out of yourself.

Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.

This is power, it is glory on earth, and it is yours for the taking."

 

"You must understand the whole of life,

not just one little part of it.

That is why you must read,

that is why you must look at the skies,

that is why you must sing,

and dance,

and write poems,

and suffer,

and understand,

for all that is life."