“And I want him to see that what is most important, regardless of the social or economic circumstances in which he finds himself, is the intention that he brings to whatever he does. Saint Catherine of Genoa’s advice might help him stay the course if he remembers, “We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.””
– Charles Johnson, Grand
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“Dancing our sorrow away (right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play (there’s nothing you can do about it anyway)
Just do the steps that you’ve been shown
By everyone you’ve ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Another’s steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you’ll do alone.”
– Jackson Brown, For a Dancer
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If you try to copy the moves of someone else you are merely collecting their spent skin.
Better to emulate their intention, what got them moving.
Everyone’s moves are their own and they work for their circumstance.
I like to look for examples of intention to help me build up my moves.
We all start our journeys in our own place.
We travel at our own pace.
We end up building our own space in the world.
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