DANCE LIKE NO ONE'S WATCHING?

Driving in the car recently, my 6-year-old son heard a song on the radio with one of the lyrics stating, "dance like no one's watching." Griffin had an odd look on his face and said, "why in the world would someone do that?" The statement made no sense to him. I explained that sometimes people live their lives waiting for "something better" to come along, and dance like no one's watching is a way of saying be happy now. Live in the moment. About an hour later, we were sitting outside eating dinner, and loud music came over the speaker. Without missing a beat, Griff stood up and grooved to the tunes, showing off his best moves. He didn't realize it at the time, but he danced like no one's watching.

It's a phrase that is easy to forget because we all get caught up in life. One of my favorite poems is titled:

HAPPINESS IS A JOURNEY, by Rev. Crystal Lloyd (Thanks to Rev. Lloyd for her permission to feature her work.)

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with, we will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

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 have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, 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 you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt and Dance like no one's watching. Right Now!