dancin' from the heart...

got a call yesterday that just made my day!

a 'friend' i'd never met.
we've just traded a few emails,
she's shared some poetry with me....
that kinda thing....

she called out of the blue yesterday to tell
me a few things.
we had never spoken before.

it was easy, comfortable and delightful.

i could hear the empowerment happening in her
life and i could feel the big smile on my face
as i listened to her stories.

she was telling her story now. coming out with
what she'd carried on her own for so long.
facing her family.

empowering stuff.

we talked of the reason for doing such a thing.
that it couldn't be for their reaction. you couldn't
do it because you needed them to react a certain
way. that would be a killer right there.

she knew all about that. was way informed on
that stuff and i was relieved to hear it.

been thinking about that.

that's with everything, isn't it?

if you're doin' something for someone's reaction,
you're gonna get clobbered.

you gotta do everything from the heart.
not for the reaction.

funny timing too.....

i did something yesterday for the first time
for the RIGHT reason.

um....that doesn't mean i don't do ANYTHING
for the right reason.
but this particular thing! it's always been
very emotional for me and very reactionary.
way too many family strings all over it.

yesterday, it was natural, from the heart,
and i really didn't care one way or another
about any reactions i'd get from it.

and i gotta say.......after i did it, i noticed
it. which was way cool. i didn't intentionally
do it. it was natural! i noticed it, felt it and
loved it!

we really can feel when we're dancin' from the
heart, can't we? and i think that may indeed
be when we're empowered!

yay for sue!
i'm celebratin' with ya, lady!