I’m a teacher at a beautiful primary school, in an area that can get quite bitterly cold on snowy, or even just wet and windy, days. These are some of my favourite days… especially if it happens to be sports day.
You see, it’s on these occasions that I can put ‘Just Dance’ on the interactive whiteboard and we can have a dance party for P.E. There’s really nothing much cuter than watching little ones proving that they’ve, ‘got moves like Jagger’. 🙂  Not to mention the excitement that, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Gangnam style’ and ‘What does the fox say?’ (That song never gets old, right😉) brings out in them.

I love that the child who was feeling sick, or the shy one of the class, is soon up dancing; leaving their troubles behind and just having fun. Unless they’ve hit the, ‘I’m too cool (read, embarrassed) for this’ stage of life, that is. When I see the struggle going on inside these kids minds as they try to decide, ‘Do I do what makes me happy or do I fit in with the crowd?’, it makes me a little sad.

I guess the, ‘Just Dance’ philosophy is how I want to live my life. Embracing it, living the dream, and loving it, regardless of the crazy and tough things that might be going on around me, or what others might think of me.

I want, like Paul, to celebrate God all day every day, to not worry, to think on lovely things, to be happy, and to be content in every situation, rather than becoming a grumbler (Philippians 4:13-14).

I want to appreciate every good thing in my life…

I want to make the most of the opportunities I have, and to be bold enough to chase my dreams.

I want to go against the grain, being me and not just another sheep.

I want to ‘shoosh’ the nay-sayers who tell me I’m incomplete or not enough, that my calling is dumb, or that I don’t have what it takes to fulfill my God-given purpose.

Yes, I want to be a mould-breaker, a ‘road less travelled’ kind of girl, a dancer!…

I’m not naive.  I don’t believe that life is a picnic, and I have plenty of battle wounds and scars to prove it.  I don’t want this life because it’s easy… but because it’s worth it.

How about you?

Will you silence your critics, dream big, and,
‘Just dance.
[Knowing you’re] gonna be okay…
Dance.  Dance.  Dance.
Just dance!’?
(Thanks, Lady Gaga!)

Scripture references: The Holy Bible (several translations)

Photo credits:

https://pixabay.com/photos/dance-character-theater-stage-430554/

Photo by Alex Andrews: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-fox-sitting-on-ground-2295744/

Photo by Mohd.Ashabul Haque Nannu: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-a-child-holding-a-bouquet-of-white-lotus-flowers-14106438/

Photo by mentatdgt: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-smiling-woman-in-yellow-t-shirt-and-grey-pants-with-her-hands-raised-2083302/

Photo by Jonathan Borba: https://www.pexels.com/photo/flock-of-sheep-standing-on-grassland-in-countryside-6622955/

Photo by Simon Berger: https://www.pexels.com/photo/road-between-trees-3408552/

Photo by Trinity Kubassek: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-wearing-black-long-sleeved-shirt-dancing-with-smoke-341858/

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