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The Ever-Changing Music of Life
Life isn’t always a ball, but that doesn’t mean the dancing stops
“Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.”
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
Life is like dancing.
You can teach someone how to be less rigid or how to sway her hips side to side, but you can’t fully teach someone how to let loose and embrace every beat of the music, as the dancing begins to unfold as if automatically after a certain flow is manifested. The flow is sometimes daunting and difficult, suggesting a move unknown to the dancer, but she’ll give it a try anyway. Sometimes, teaching one how to dance actually harms the innate passion to move, squandering her desired free-form style, as she tilts her head back and allows her heart to guide her dance.
Life is much similar in the regard of letting loose — some know what they’re doing (or at least pretend) while some need guidance, constant supervision while they try to break through the confinement of their own minds but simply don’t know how. Some try new moves, risking harm of the body, mind and soul as they master the technique, practicing over and over again until the landing is just right. Some have this beautiful flow of life that is interrupted and…
