Recently we were in Palm Desert for a week. My favorite area is downtown Palm Springs. We went to one of my favorite restaurants, Las Casuealas, the second night we were there. We sat outside, enjoying our drinks and dinner while listening to music performed by a group that did music from "our era". I watched couples dancing. I felt like dancing but it wasn't really a "dancing" evening, so we continued eating, drinking, conversing and listening to music. After a bit, I noticed a woman close to my age was on the dance floor all by herself. She was a very good dancer and the fact that she didn't have a partner didn't stop her. She swayed to the music, waving her arms gracefully, all the while smiling contentedly. She was dancing as if no one was watching, but I was. And, I was envying her her freedom to do exactly what she wanted when she wanted, not held back by convention or fear of being judged by others as being "that odd woman dancing by herself". Once upon a time I was that woman, but not anymore. Oh, to be able to Dance As If No One Is Watching.Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Dance as if No One is Watching
Recently we were in Palm Desert for a week. My favorite area is downtown Palm Springs. We went to one of my favorite restaurants, Las Casuealas, the second night we were there. We sat outside, enjoying our drinks and dinner while listening to music performed by a group that did music from "our era". I watched couples dancing. I felt like dancing but it wasn't really a "dancing" evening, so we continued eating, drinking, conversing and listening to music. After a bit, I noticed a woman close to my age was on the dance floor all by herself. She was a very good dancer and the fact that she didn't have a partner didn't stop her. She swayed to the music, waving her arms gracefully, all the while smiling contentedly. She was dancing as if no one was watching, but I was. And, I was envying her her freedom to do exactly what she wanted when she wanted, not held back by convention or fear of being judged by others as being "that odd woman dancing by herself". Once upon a time I was that woman, but not anymore. Oh, to be able to Dance As If No One Is Watching.
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