This is my teaching for the month
Perhaps the year
January – you have been difficult and beautiful
And fickle
And difficult
I stiltedly follow you around the dance floor
You laugh
Hovering just out of reach
I dance in rollerskates
Lacking the balance of a baby elephant learning to walk
Let alone skate
Yet slowly as the new moon rises
I find my way
I steady
Smile
Listen to the beat
And push out from the guardrail
Find my feet
And launch
Laughing
spinning and swirling
Onto the dance floor
Music flowing
With a smile on my face
We are here for such a short time
Let’s do this thing lightly
Empty our pockets of everything that is weighing us down
At every moment choice dances towards us
Will you choose the smile or the frown
One partner will step on your toes and bring you down
The other will spin you
Until breathless and laughing
Uplifted by the most charming of partners
Life becomes easy again
Lift baby lift
Gather your courage
Launch
And Patrick Swayze will catch you…..
Not sure where that came from but holy monkey its a nice thought for the day
Off to turn on the music
You have such a beautiful way with words
Oh thanks V – you do too – I enjoy reading your posts – it’s a wonder I can type at all, I have my fingers crossed for your new job 😊
Made me feel light just reading this…’ we’re here for such a short time, let’s do this right, let’s lighten our pockets…’ I loved these lines
The daily focus is so heavy but the broader picture brings an awareness of how insignificant our lives really are in the scale of the earths cycles – how can we be anything but light?
So true. I couldn’t have said it better. I nominated you for an award. I understand if you dont wish to participate. Congratulations anyways 🙂
Oh thanks Smitha! Very sweet of you 😘
Hope you participate🙂. Looking forward to reading your answers. 🙂
Will give it a go for sure Thankyou
Jase and I recently watched dirty dancing! We love the classics 🙂 This was such a fun read, so spot on as usual!!!! I was out on the dance floor in my roller skates trying not to fall into the splits.
One of the faves – oh God terrible at skating no matter what the poem says – I have not
Improved at skating 😂😂😂
I skate around the edge and hold on to the wall lol!
Ahaha yup
I really like this one 🙂 Sometimes we need a reminder to stop everything from getting on top of us
Yes – my year for going lightly
This was such a lovely read, I really enjoyed the line at the end about gathering your courage and the ones further up about finding your feet x
Sophie
Thanks 😊
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