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“If you hit a wall, climb over it, crawl under it, or dance on top of it.”
Unknown

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”
Martha Graham

“Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists.”
Michael Jackson

“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.”
Martha Graham

“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. […] Dance when you’re perfectly free.”
Jalaluddin Rumi

“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.”
Oprah Winfrey

“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.”
Merce Cunningham

“Any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all.”
Lynda Barr

“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.”
Erol Ozan

Quotes taken from 80 Inspirational Dance Quotes to Get You Dancing. Click link for more.

What is beauty? The pocket Oxford English Dictionary, tenth edition, defines beauty as one, a combination of qualities that delights the senses and two, an attractive feature or advantage.

Many people hide their inner beauty by covering up the beauty on the outside. The beauty that makes them special, unique and different from anybody else is what they are covering up so that they look like everybody else. In my own opinion I think that being the same as everybody else is quite erhh… boring. I mean think about it. Imagine if you and your friends like the same movie, have the same view points on that movie and even have the same favourite scene in that movie, would you really have genuine fun? That goes for sport, cars, TV channels and animals. If everyone supported the same team, drove identical cars, watched similar TV shows and cared for or showed interest in the same animal, would life really be fun? There is fun in competition and life in differences.

Now the first definition of beauty I totally agree with. “A combination of qualities that delights the senses.” First of all, your personality should delight you, I’m writing about the personality that has not been covered up, should appeal only to your senses. Once that you feel good and have confidence in yourself, only then and naturally, will it attract the senses of those around you.

The second part of the definition is equally important as the first. “An attractive feature or advantage”, beauty is an attractive distinctive element or aspect. Like the same way the aesthetics of a product make it stand out, the beauty of you being yourself differentiate you from others. Beauty is also an advantage. For example, the action and looks of a puppy give off stimuli that people sense and react to. A reaction from many people is wanting to care, love and take responsibility of that puppy. Puppies may use their appearance and playful behaviour to get doggy treats. This my friend is an advantage they have. Your beauty should not only benefit you but it should help those around you. Everyone around you should be happy including you, if you are not ‘ok’ with it then take your beauty with you to where you will be happy.

Outer beauty may be the first sight and look but inner beauty will be the first check and tick.

Embracing the difference you have from others is awesome. You don’t only boost your self-esteem; you also learn to accept the beauty you are. You live a satisfied, relaxed and blissful life and you automatically draw others towards you. After all, opposites attract 😉