Somedays You've Gotta Dance

It was about five 'til five on Friday
We were all getting ready to go
And the boss man started screaming
And his veins began to show
He said you and you come with me
'Cause you're gonna have to stay
My heart was thumping I was jumping
I had to get away

Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little too tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance

Well I was talking with my baby
Over a small glass of tea
He asked the loaded question
He said how do you feel about me
My mind was racin' I was pacin'
But the word just wouldn't come
And there was only on thing
Left to do I feel it comin' on

Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little too tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance a ha

Some days you gotta dance
Live it up when you get the chance
Cause when the world doesn't make no sense
And you're feeling just a little too tense
Gotta loosen up those chains and dance

You gotta loosen up those chains and dance
Come on and loosen up those chains and dance

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While these are the lyrics to a jumpin' country song they still hold truth.  We had a sunday school lesson on enduring trials and our teacher used the acronym D.A.N.C.E. 

D - Determine the trial

A - Accentuate the postive

N - No! Just say it.

C - Call upon the Lord

E - Envision the end. It will come.

In our lives trials will come. Serein happens in all of our lives and sometimes we need to learn to dance in the rain.  So with this entry I thought I would just write good quotes and songs about dancing that bring me strength and comfort in hard times.

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"Learn to dance in the rain."

"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."

"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!"

"Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn."

"You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart."

"To dance is to be out of yourself.  Larger, more beautiful, more powerful."  

"I am a dancer.  I believe that we learn by practice.  Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit.  One becomes in some area an athlete of God."

-Martha Graham

"Movement never lies.  It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it." 

"The trouble with schools is 
They always try to teach the wrong lesson 
Believe me, I've been kicked out 
Of enough of them to know 
They want you to become less callow 
Less shallow 
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife 
And learn to live "the unexamined life"...

Dancing through life 
Skimming the surface 
Gliding where turf is smooth 
Life's more painless 
For the brainless 
Why think too hard? 
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life 
No need to tough it 
When you can sluff it off as I do 
Nothing matters 
But knowing nothing matters 
It's just life 
So keep dancing through...

Dancing through life 
Swaying and sweeping 
And always keeping cool 
Life is faught less 
When you're thoughtless 
Those who don't try 
Never look foolish 
Dancing through life 
Mindless and careless 
Make sure you're where less 
Trouble is rife 
Woes are fleeting 
Blows are glancing 
When you're dancing 
Through life...

Let's go down to the Ozdust Ballroom 
We'll meet there later tonight 
We can dance till it's light 
Find the prettiest girl... 
Give her a whirl 
Right on down to the Ozdust Ballroom 
Come on—Follow me 
You'll be happy to be there...

Dancing Through Life 
Down at the Ozdust...

If only because dust 
Is what we come to

Nothing matters 
But knowing nothing matters 
It's just life...So keep dancing through...

Dancing Through Life 
Down at the Ozdust 
If only because dust 
Is what we come to 
And the strange thing:
You're life could end up changing 
While you're dancing 
Through!"

"At times life is wicked and I just can't see the light
A silver lining sometimes isn't enough
To make some wrongs seem right
Whatever life brings
I've been through everything
And now I'm on my knees again

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...away

At times life's unfair and you know it's plain to see
Hey God I know I'm just a dot in this world
Have you forgot about me?
Whatever life brings
I've been through everything
And now I'm on my knees again

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...away

Am I hiding in the shadows?
Forget the pain and forget the sorrows

Am I hiding in the shadows?
Forget the pain and forget the sorrows

But I know I must go on
Although I hurt I must be strong
Because inside I know that many feel this way

Children don't stop dancing
Believe you can fly
Away...away

Am I hiding in the shadows?
Are we hiding in the shadows?"