Sunday, February 13, 2011

The goal of dancing

Artist: Auguste Renoir

Over the years, I have had a number of luminous, numinous dreams in which I was dancing with a partner. In each of these dreams I experienced such indescribable happiness that, upon awakening, I knew that my dance was indeed with the Lord of the Dance.

And so you will understand why I really like this:

God wants to dance with us. The goal of dancing is NOT to learn the steps. The goal of dancing is to enjoy your partner. We learn the steps but only so we don't have to look down at our feet. We are free to look into the eyes of the one we love.

-- Nicole Johnson

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7 comments:

  1. Mr. BillFebruary 14, 2011 at 2:42 AM

    Kind of a nice Valentine's Day message! :)

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  2. Ellie FinlayFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    Well, yes it is, Mr. Bill. Thank you for looking at it that way!

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  3. TomFebruary 16, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    As the painting in the last post illustrates, sometimes your partner in the dance is creation itself. I suspect that, intuitively, we know that through the dance, or the acknowledgment of the dance, will come a renewed epiphany of the primacy of a presence of love, spaciousness, grace, generativity, caring, and creativity in the world and in ourselves.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    To me the goal of dancing, is
    DANCING!
    annie c

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  5. TomFebruary 16, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Cool ; )

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  6. Ellie FinlayFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Hi, Tom. Hi, Annie.

    I like what both of you said here!

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  7. CathyFebruary 26, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    I love the quote, Ellie, and what you say about your dreams :-)

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