DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING
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?
Your life will always be filled with challenges.
It’s best to admit this to yourself
and decide to be happy anyway.
One of my favorite quotes comes
from Alfred D Souza.
He said, “For a long time it had seemed
to me that life was about to begin -real life.
But there was always some obstacle in the way,
something to be gotten through first,
some unfinished business,
time still to be served,
a debt to be paid. Then life would begin.
At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life.”
This perspective has helped me to see
that there is no way to happiness.
Happiness is the way,
so, treasure every moment that you have.
And treasure it more because you shared it
with someone special,
special enough to spend your time…
and remember that time waits for no one.
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.
So, Work like you don’t need money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt and
Dance Like no one’s watching.
~Author Unknown~
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Never a truer word Tania………the young today seem to be a lot more adventurous than we were in our day, maybe the opportunities and funds were not there for us, our wish lists were marriage kids……times have changed……..my grandson does some risky traveling and will be driving to and touring around Scandinavia this month for three weeks rough camping……that one I can live with…. buttttt…a couple of years down the road and the planned trip is driving to Africa and touring around for three months again rough camping………I do not try and persuade him not to……..we only have one life and he must live his dreams………you will only ever regret the things you don’t do……..no point in regretting what you did do, the past cannot be changed, just learn from it……
We never had the means to travel when we were young, Starlette, we worked, married and had kids.No use regretting things now….I admire the young of today that are like your grandson.Thank you , Starlette, always some brilliant replies from you
like ur post but maybe life comes after death
I am not sure about that one , deaks, I think life is for living.Maybe I am wrong….Thank you anyway.
to the starving in Africa
to the orthans of war
to the mentaly disabled
to the phiicically disabled
to the sick and dying
to the poor
to the lonely
please take comfort in life is for living
I hope to god theres a place where we are all equal
Me too, deaks, Thank you.
Great again Tania 🙂
Thank you grandmaj, as long as people enjoy them, I will keep going.
each morning when I wake up -I wonder what the day will bring – some good and something not so good, but I am still alive, most of my friends long gone- but my wife is still here, therefore I am blessed – truly blessed!
That is wonderful, drummer, I have a friend who is 98 yrs old, she lost her hubby in a freak accident when they were in their early sixties so you have done really well. Thank you
until you have one more friend to share your words and experiences. Thanks tania for this beautiful philosophy of life. God bless you
Thank you uncle55sam…God bless you also.