sway with me...
No matter where and when I hear this song, whoever is singing it and what the situation, it always makes me want to get up and dance. Not only does it have a rythm that makes my hips just want to GO and my feet glide, but it describes basically the perfect moment. Picture this: the lights come up, you spot someone from across the room and in that moment you make your way to them They make their way to you. It doesn't really make a difference, all that really matters is that in that moment you move in unison because that is what is supposed to happen. That is what the music is making you both do and you are so in sync with that other person that everything else falls away. The perfect moment. What happens beyond that doesn't matter. I don't care if after the song ends you two part ways and never speak again. I don't care if you fall in love and live happily ever after. I don't care if you become best friends or worst enemies. All that matters is that for about three minutes you had a breathtakingly exhilarating experience. Too often people let the circumstances of a situation--what happens before it or after it--taint the actual experience. People worry about what this or that action of theirs means to others. What will my friends think if I (insert action here)? What will he/she do if I (insert)? Too often we get caught up in the extra stuff that we can't enjoy the moments that are there to take our breath away, even if they only last for 3 minutes and only come every once in a while. If you can truly let go of trying to tailor your actions and decisions to the desires of others and focus on finding your own marimba rythm, then you can make those moments more often because more often you will do what you want without regard for what society feels is "proper conduct" from you. So what if you come off quirky. So what if your friends know you as the weird one? If you're the normal one I'd be more worried. It means you're boring.
Challenge:
I want everyone I know this week to go do something out of his or her comfort zone that they have wanted to do for a while. Go salsa dancing, go sing karaoke, go put on a pair of skates and let lose like a little kid, cook something. I don't really care what it is and it doesn't have to be big. Just different. Break out of the ordinary norms of what you do because you know it is acceptable and your friends expect it of you. Do something that will cause people to say "Really? (insert YOUR name) did THAT this past weekend? I had no idea!" Make them see you differently and do something that inspires others to leave their comfort zones and try to find moments of perfection in new places. I don't care if you ever do it again. At the very worst, you know you defo don't want to try that again. At the best, you finds something you love that will bring you joy for years. You will at least have one moment of pure life in the knowledge that you are doing something brand new to you. After all...aren't we all trying to make the world a little more of an interesting place?
Just my thoughts
Radhi
