We Can All Dance: We have rhythm in our blood

Of course you can dance! You breathe. That takes rhythm.

Your heart, your respiratory system, your very existence has a regular beat.

A baby is placed in your arms: you wiggle and giggle and sway and rock, and hum and sing too!

Pay attention and see babies move their bodies to music even before they can walk. 

You walk: one-two, it becomes a march. The tempo might be irregular, poco accelerando and then poco ritardando, when you see something interesting ahead. Put some music on and you'll be walking in time to it. Jogging with music, running with music, you're dancing. You dance.

Don't even think about ballerinas and people in costumes with stage makeup competing for prizes or earning a living performing! They are capital D Dancers, but you too can dance. You dance.

You speak. You speak and you don't stop speaking because you're not a Speaker who puts on a suit and stage makeup and charges hundreds of dollars for people to listen to them. You didn't stop arguing with people because your debate team didn't win. You didn't even join the debate club, did you? You enjoy debating about movies and music, what's the best, who's the best, right?

Don't stop dancing. If you stopped, then start up again. Do it in the kitchen, in the living room, anywhere. Just do it. Just dance. 

Put on some music. Turn off the lights so you feel less shy. (Would it help if you put on some makeup, some dance clothes?) Start by marching, skip around a little. Move your head, shoulders, arms, rock the baby, jiggle and wiggle. You can dance. Move what you have; move what you can. It feels so good!

Dance like nobody's watching. Or, go out and dance in front of the band. Let them all watch; maybe they'll be braver because you were brave. Facilitate the dancing of others. Let everyone dance. 

Dancing is good for your body and good for your soul and good for relationships, families, and communities; the whole world should dance.

Don't let people tell people they can't dance, please. 

Me dancing with a Minion at a Town event 2017