SHE IS A GALAXY OF DANCING EMOTIONS
Have you been to an online dance party on Zoom yet? We threw one last night for Davey’s birthday and over a dozen friends were dancing in their living rooms, wearing funny costumes, holding their wine glasses up to the webcam to virtually “cheers!”. Our faces, smiling through the screen, remind us in the middle of quarantine and global crisis, life always goes on. We give ourselves a reason to dress up and celebrate and we heal together. Birthdays, breakthroughs, new skills, new love, work opportunities, and just another Wednesday night still alive on Earth are all valid reasons to throw your next online dance party. Stream the music from one person’s computer and mute all the microphones. Before quarantine, we were at parties dancing AND TALKING. Now, we’re just dancing. Turns out, the talking wasn’t all that important. My most meaningful and memorable conversations are not usually at parties. They are events in their own right. The best parties are the moments when we shut up and dance! Do you feel me on this one? From quarantine, Zoom dance parties are a blessing, tossing us straight into word-free cozy dance floor full of smiles and eye contact. Plus, it’s never awkward because you get to peace out at the click of a button. Seeing the faces you love showing up to be in this moment with you, seeing inside other people’s homes, seeing other people put themselves out there just to make you smile; it instantly feels good in the blood. Happy hormones flood the body. Soul medicine. Boosting our immune systems and deepening our community. Be the one to host the party. People are so grateful to be invited. I get so many text messages pouring in afterwards saying how much they appreciated being included. It’s very heartwarming and worth it! If you are suffering today, remember you are a galaxy. Within you are all the emotions and states of being. Beside your sorrow, sits joy. Within your darkness is light. Celebration holds hands with grief. Today of all days is the perfect day to dance around the house in your underwear and fur coat.
Shout-out to our most upbeat buddy Seth Pearson of Love Amped for DJing our dance party last night!
Cheers to everything in life that is still wonderful. Peace to all the world. She is with you and I love you.
CHA 🍍 WILDE
