Dancing

Each tide of music makes its own waves of dance. Like the gravitational pull of the moon, we feel the tug of dance on the sea of our emotions. We move to the music not because we think we should, but because we feel we must. Dancing is not an instruction by the mind, but an expression by the heart. We dance because it allows us to let go of something inside, to give vent to our inner wildness. Dancing lets us be a child again, footloose and carefree. It gives us permission to connect with that part of ourselves which does not question, which acts rather than thinks, which moves because it feels right, not because there is a good reason to do so.

— Wayne Visser

From Everyday Inspiration: Philosophy for Daily Living. Buy on Lulu ↗