Dance like no one's Watching...
I received the following in an email from my good friend Angela Borges awhile ago. I do not know where it originates from, but find it very inspiring and have had it hanging on my wall for almost three years:
Dance like no one’s watching…
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Here is a quote from Alfred D. Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one…So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you start work, until you retire, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you die. Decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Therefore:
Work like you don’t need money,
Love like you’ve never been hurt,
And dance like no one’s watching.
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March 17, 2004
Staying True
“It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma, but competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.” –The Bhagavad-Gita
Fear, insecurity, jealousy…The types of feelings we like to hide and pretend do not exist. But how many of us are able to totally conquer these negative and disempowering feelings? As I was reading The Bhagavad-Gita, the truth of the quote above struck me. Dharma is a duty or universal law holding everything together in unity. So what I understand the quote to be saying is that when you follow your own unique path and measures of success, then you will be leading toward fulfillment. And it is when you stray from your path and onto someone else’s that you wind up with these negative emotions.
I have found this to be a good way to keep myself on track. When I do begin to feel any of the emotions above, then I know that I have strayed from my mission. If I were being true to my mission, then there would be no reason to use these negative measures of my success.
