Thoughts. . .

IF….

If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can honestly say deep in your heart that you have no prejudice against creed, color, race, religion or politics.

THEN you have reached the same level of development as your dog.


"Dancers are the athletes of God."
~Albert Einstein

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
~Mikhail Baryshnikov

"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!"
~Constanze

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."
~unknown

"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."
~anonymous

An old man was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A battle is raging inside me ... it is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The old man fixed the children with a firm stare. "This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."

They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old man replied: "The one you feed."
-unknown

"I dont want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance"
-George Balachine

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men, as a whole, experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
-Helen Keller

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."
-Ziggy

"Why do I dance?.....Why do I breathe?"
-anonymous

The teacher doesn't teach, not really. The teacher offers stimulation and ways in which the person can educate himself or herself. At best the teacher wakes up that person and makes a person hungry.
-unknown