As I was sitting watching couples glide around the floor today, (Ballroom dancing finals at the Grove Park Inn) http://www.theheritageclassic.com/I thought how bizarre my life is. Here I am sitting watching couples ballroom dance!
I've climbed a mountain and learned to ski. I've worked as a waiter, a retail manager, I've sold oriental rugs. I've ridden my bike to a spring and drank margaritas after in the same bar the Bush girls were busted in. I've had Kathy Bates lean on my arm and tell me about working with Mike Nichols. I've sipped medori coladas at the Delano hotel in South Beach, Florida. I have sat on a movie set in Hammond, Louisiana and watched my friend Hunt film a scene. Then I thought how this moment: this one moment in time with the sparkling gowns and the tango playing. I thought, " Have this moment. This beautiful moment. Sink into it."
How beautiful life can be. Suddenly. With a rush of light and color. The illusion of it. The moments of sheer beauty. For life can be this. When the dance that we all participate in becomes art. More than the steps. Beyond the technicalities. When you sink and lean in a little, life begins to flow.
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