GiniMaddocks

Yes!
"Dancing is my life", said my 6 year old, way too many years ago. I was glad because I knew that she had learned that from me. There was a period of many years when I thought I wouldn't be able to dance because I had polio as a child. But lo! the age of letting go of your partner and "doing your own thing" saved me. And rock and roll let me dance free. Speaking of free, you don't even need any props or expensive equipment. Our culture loves dance but not in an everyday, do-it-yourself, kind of way. But my girlfriends do--and I'm here to tell you that when you close those window shades, turn up the music and give yourself over to it, you get high, high, high--and that's a way to transcend into the Spirit we all want to dwell in. Thanks for the opportunity to comment! meet me at my blog accessed thru www.HolisticMatters.net ?

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Thank you one and all.

Thanks, JuliaW. I hope that your remember to hold that intense desire and observe yourself as you live life.

I don't think that I meant to create "other life"--I think it sneaks up on you in our society, arising from the innate female impulse to make peace out of chaos and disruption. Too often, we find ourselves AFTER we've self-sacrificed and convinced ourselves that we were happy to do it.

But it's helpful to look from a 3rd person perspective to stay in your place of balance and true-self, seeing emotion and how it affects you rather than being shifted by its force.

You sound wise enough to manage that.