For years I’ve had a hidden dream – one that I have shared with only a select few (my dolls and a friend or two). This dream was that I would be a graceful ballroom dancer. Have you ever watched professional dancers dance the waltz or rhumba and how beautiful and graceful they are in their gowns? Have you seen the elegance and the beauty that just exudes from them with every step? Well, I have and I’m not joking when I say I am not the most graceful of persons and so there were a few problems with my dream of becoming a dancer.
Picture this…
1990 – the cool kids have congregated in center spot (the cool spot in the middle of the school where all the grade 12 kids hang out for their breaks and lunch). No one really walks through center spot unless it is to get to class on time because otherwise you had to walk all the way around and take the stairwell. It was easier to just go through center spot. Now if you chose to walk through center spot you risked being stared at by dozens of senior eyes (well, at least it felt that way). Anyways, this preppy grade nine kid who rarely wore jeans and loved to wear short heals to school who also happened to be the vice-principals daughter decides she’s going to walk through because God forbid she be late for class. Remember, she’s wearing cute little shoes, no laces, no bows, nothing that you can trip on. You know where this is going right? So there she goes, walking through center spot when, suddenly, with no one around her to push her, with no laces to trip on, with no reason whatsoever she trips and lands right on her face in the center of center spot. It was similar to watching a big oak tree being cut down and falling dramatically to the ground resulting in the Earth shaking. Ok, maybe a bit dramatic, but that’s what it felt like. It was all in slow motion too! Can you see it? And yes, you guessed it, that girl was me. I remember the screams and fits of laughter. I remember thinking, what am I doing here on the ground? I remember thinking, I can’t believe this is happening, I will never live this down. After what seemed like forever, I got up and bolted to class (Usein Bolt had nothing on me). And you know what? That was not the only time I would trip over my own two feet. Suffised to say, I was not the most graceful girl you will ever meet. All of this to say that when I was asked to be a dancer for Dancing With Easter Seals Stars in London, ON, it took a little coaxing but after three months, 15 lessons, and hours of practice, on Friday, October 14, I joined a cast of seven other stars and the professional dancers from Fred Astair Dance Studio and I danced the Waltz and the Cha cha. Yes, I did it and I did it well! The bonus, we raised beaucoup cash for the charity of Easter Seals. So exciting! (check out this amateur video taken by my not so baby, baby boy):
How did this happen? How did I go from having the desire and hidden thought to actually being one of the stars to dance in this major event? Well, not only did I have the thought for years, I also had the desire, the inclination, and the gumption to take the opportunity and run with it! The power of thought is strong my friend. What you think about you bring about. An opportunity came for one of my dreams to come true and I took it. One of the best decisions I have ever made.
What are you thinking about? What are you dreaming about? What is the next thing YOU want to do with your life. Write it down and believe that it will happen. Write it down and read it daily – place it in a place that you have to look at it often. When you see it, think positive thoughts. If that inner bully tries to come to you and tell you anything other than what you CAN do, tell it to shut up and you keep thinking positively. The power of thoughts is strong. Believe in you!
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