LIFE IS A DANCE

I'm in a Poetry kind of mood this week.  Life is a Dance! 

It's all about how we move on the floor that counts

Starting with what we take with us to make the steps just alittle easier to learn and execute. It is with that in mind that I wrote:  Life Is A Dance

LIFE IS A DANCE

Life is a dance, so many moves to learn and master

Sometimes I want to move slower when life's force just seems to move faster

I finally learn a move, and without any notice life changes it's course

Finessing through it's ups and downs,  as it rears it's challenging force

My dreams and faith are what I count on, 

without them I would be a mere spec pummeled to the ground in defeat

No hope for a future and life's frustration would yield the spec found under someone else's feet

So I learn to dance moving sometimes awkwardly, sometimes smooth

With a faith that when someone steps on my toe, it's protected by more than my shoe

The dance can be difficult or easy all depends on where I'm at and what I'm called to do

I use the move of Love to always see me through

To other's my dance may seem to not have a rhythm or even any point

To me my dance is moving closer daily to reach my goals and dreams and not just to move around the joint

So if you'd like to join in, this stunning dance of life, 

the first step you must learn is to minimize the strife

The Tango, HipHop, and Boogaloo will all come into play

But the very best step to learn is the Waltz on any given day

The Waltz is easy to pick up, with benefits galore

It's all about the Hopes and Dreams you take with you on the floor

Remember to dance slowly, a slight bend each move at the knees

The first step is your faith and the rest will come with ease

May all your Hopes and Dreams be realized in your Dance of Life!

It's Just Me, Val  Ciao!

2011 AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD

2011: HIGHWAY SIGN "CONSTRUCTION NEXT SIX MONTHS"

If you're anything like me, each new year you say "I'm going to do this or that"  

I realized that one of my big hiccups in saying this is that I don't ready my mind for longterm goals.  Oh I don't mean, I know I will have my last cigarette on December 31st, and I am ready to quit cold turkey January 1st.  No, that isn't what I mean, though I've been there, done that.  I mean to go to the core and start to build the habit and change there.  For me as most know it would be my spirit.  I have failed over the years and realized that the problem has been where my spirit is leaning and gleening it's strength from.  So this year is different for me.  

My journey is leading me down the path that will tap into where my source of strength comes from, in my case it is my relationship with the Lord, for you it might be something else.  I am rebuilding my habits to embrace that relationship and depend on Him for the strength to work daily at changing me.  My goals this year are simple:  To be a better me.  And yes, I have a weight goal with an end date for reaching it that is part of this.  So for the next 6 months the highway my life path is taking will be "under construction". The speed limit is slow in order to do and be the best I can be and to manage my expectations along the way.

I'm excited to begin the journey and blog as I go.  I hope you'll join me.

It's just me Val,  Ciao!