I was going through one of our product catalogues for work to see about potentially ordering some items, and as I was reading through some of the inspirational plaques (and by some, I mean a lot. There are a stupid amount to choose from), I came across this quote, "If you trip in life, make it part of your dance". It made me smile when I read it, and I was just about to keep going down the list of quotes, when I stopped for a moment and really thought about it. I really like that quote. Obviously, it stuck out to me because I'm a dancer. And I'll be real : a lot of those dance quotes out there I rather enjoy. But the more I thought about it, the more it stuck out to me. Not only does it apply perfectly to dance, but also to life. You can trip a lot when you dance freestyle - when you dance anything, really. Especially if you happen to be clumsy . . . like me. One of the things you learn, however, is how to make that trip look intentional by incorporating it into your dance. That's one of the things that I personally believe makes a great dancer great. Not just the ability to dance smoothly with no mistakes, but the ability to turn any mistakes into opportunities. Which is totally applicable in life too. And, wouldn't you know, is something that God has been working on in me over the past year or so. So often if I tripped, or made a mistake, I would take it upon myself to rebuke myself, pointing out everything I did wrong and making sure that I really understood my mistake so that I wouldn't do it again. Basically, I was just really hard on myself. Which, I'm pretty sure a lot of us are. But one of the things God has been teaching me is that it's not my job to punish myself. Yes, acknowledge if I trip so that I can learn from it, but give that mess-up over to Him, and allow Him to use it for His glory and my benefit (AKA: growth). Often times those mistakes are a wonderful opportunity for growth, but that growth gets stunted because I'm too busy putting myself down to allow God to build me up instead. What? Why do I choose that? It's ridiculous how often I try to take control myself, instead of letting God do His thing, and end up making things worse instead - which is every time, haha. You'd think I would learn by now . . . But that's I think why I love this quote so much. Because we are imperfect, and we do trip up a lot, but tripping doesn't mean you stay down. You acknowledge it, give it to God, and let Him use it as an opportunity for something beautiful. It reminds me of my quote that God gave me last year: We're not going to achieve perfection by our own doing. Only God can achieve perfection - He IS perfection. By striving for growth, we're giving Him control to perfect us in that growth. If that's not stress relieving, I don't know what is haha. Another thing that came to mind with this is that often times, for me at least, I would let the fear of making a mistake keep me from doing something. With social dancing, like WCS and ballroom, it would keep me from dancing with people that I don't know. Praise God for the growth that He's done there, cause now I get excited about it! Though I definitely still have my moments . . . Work in progress here, haha. But it used to be really bad, life-wise. That played into my fear and lie issues a lot. I felt like it I tried something and failed, or made a mistake, that I was a failure, or stupid, or even a burden because I couldn't get it right. So often I just wouldn't try. What? Don't let the fear of tripping keep you from dancing. And now this song is stuck in my head =b
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