my dance partner

I have heard it said "life is a dance". If that is true, I am in serious trouble! I am not a dancer by any stretch of the imagination. As a matter of fact, I feel awkward and uncomfortable even considering dancing. Coordination for anything more than walking can be a struggle. But if I could get my body to move the way my mind thinks when I hear great music, it would be epic!

me, in my imagination

I wrote the original "dance" post 3 years ago. I had been thinking about that phrase, "life is a dance" for some reason I can't remember now. That night I scrolled quickly through Wikipedia's glossary of dance moves and realized I WAS dancing my way through life. I still am.

*Dancing and being a dancer are two totally different things.

Sometimes I do the three step. (Three steps forward, two steps back.)

Sometimes I do the two step. (Two steps forward, three steps back.)

Sometimes I shuffle.

Sometimes I hustle.

Sometimes I stomp.

Sometimes I tap my foot.

Sometimes I want to kick.

Sometimes I break.

Sometimes I am in a spin.

Sometimes I sway.

Waltzing. Well, I'm not sure I ever had that much grace. 

At the bottom of a Wikipedia article I found this:

"The Walk is probably the most basic dance move.  It exists in almost every dance...In dance descriptions the term walk is usually applied when two or more steps are taken in the same direction. A single step, e.g., forward, is called just thus: 'step forward'."

As long as I am walking, I am dancing.
Even if it is awkward.
Even when I am not in step with everyone else.
Even when I stumble.
Even when I slow down.

I am still figuring out this new, unfamiliar rhythm. But I guess it's true, life is a dance. I refuse to sit out, I am going to keep walking, dancing, one step at a time with the best dance partner ever. As long as I am in His arms, I am confident I'll do okay.

"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."

Colossians 2:6&7