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Source: We dance for…
Albert Einstein is one of my favorite sources for quotes. What do we dance for today? Dancing is a creative movement that signals powerful human emotions are at play in a particular event.
Natalie shared a quote that reminds us humans dance in sad moments, as well. On a day, when a few attacked, killed, and injured their fellow humans, our dance should dance away the fears and tears and create dreams filled with hope. It is important to remember hateful words and actions against others is wrong.
Dancing is an integral part of human life. Even Friedrich Nietzsche,who was not considered a happy person and religious person, reminded us that “we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” In fact, he argued he “would only believe in a god who could dance.”
I believe that a God we all believe in is one who joins the human community in dance in moments such as today. Thich Nhat Hanh suggested “the pain of one part of humankind is the pain of the whole of humankind.”
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In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms.
I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders.
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Thanks for sharing that post and for your post. I wholeheartedly agree. I believe the Lord loves to dance to because in several pieces of Scripture He asks us to sing and dance and we are made in His image. Therefore we should know how to and thus dance as He asks us to do. Love, Natalie 🙂
You are welcome Natalie. Thank you for the lovely comment.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
I’D TAKE A CHANCE…AT SLOW LINE DANCE! (AS LONG AS I DON’T RIP ON MY CANE!).
Thank you for the re-blog Jonathan. It would be a slow line dance. That seems appropriate.
And you can lead the line…doing the fancy stuff…hanging onto the next guy by the handkerchief! 😀
That is expecting quite a bit from a guy with two left feet.
OH WELL…figured you could do it better than a guy using a cane!
I am not so sure. Kathy has the bruises on her feet to prove what a dancing fool I am.
I take back my invitation then…you have witnesses! 🙂