Things That Don't Change Remain The Same
I passed a flyer for a swing dance club at the community college the other day. Dancing has always been a huge part of my life. I started tap, ballet, acrobatics and jazz when I was four. At 15 my best friend, a couple guys we knew, and I started taking ballroom dance lessons. I loved it. I ate it up. It was something I really enjoyed. After graduating from high school my best friend and I and whoever else we could drag along would go dancing nearly every weekend. It was a good source of exercise and a good way to meet people. At the same time, I didn't care much for the slow songs, I preferred just to get my wiggles out during the fast dances.
I moved to Cleveland for about a year and a half and there just wasn't time for dancing in my busy schedule. My work kept me really busy and when I wasn't working I was so tired I just went to bed. My best friend had started going to a swing dance club at one of the local universities and upon my return from Cleveland I started going with her. I hadn't swing danced much since we were 15 and took lessons but I loved getting back into it. There was a couple who taught the lessons and they were always so cute and it made me want to marry someone I could be like that with.
It didn't quite turn out that way. My husband really doesn't like to dance. He wouldn't go dancing with me before we were married and it really didn't bother me because we did all kinds of other things. As I passed that flyer I thought of the movie "Shall We Dance?" I could just go and dance with other guys but that thought just didn't appeal to me in the least. It's just not as important to me as it used to be. Maybe someday Hubby will like dancing. Until then I'll be content to dance around our apartment.
Lots of things change throughout your life. People and things and activities just aren't as important as they used to be as they are replaced by new and different things. And that's ok. I believe people and things are a part of your life when you need them and then you change and so do your surroundings. If you hold on too tightly to things of the past you miss out on things of the future.
I moved to Cleveland for about a year and a half and there just wasn't time for dancing in my busy schedule. My work kept me really busy and when I wasn't working I was so tired I just went to bed. My best friend had started going to a swing dance club at one of the local universities and upon my return from Cleveland I started going with her. I hadn't swing danced much since we were 15 and took lessons but I loved getting back into it. There was a couple who taught the lessons and they were always so cute and it made me want to marry someone I could be like that with.
It didn't quite turn out that way. My husband really doesn't like to dance. He wouldn't go dancing with me before we were married and it really didn't bother me because we did all kinds of other things. As I passed that flyer I thought of the movie "Shall We Dance?" I could just go and dance with other guys but that thought just didn't appeal to me in the least. It's just not as important to me as it used to be. Maybe someday Hubby will like dancing. Until then I'll be content to dance around our apartment.
Lots of things change throughout your life. People and things and activities just aren't as important as they used to be as they are replaced by new and different things. And that's ok. I believe people and things are a part of your life when you need them and then you change and so do your surroundings. If you hold on too tightly to things of the past you miss out on things of the future.
posted by Heidi @ 10:43 AM
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