Friday, September 17, 2010

Dear God,

I dressed in purple to attend a party to celebrate life! I even put on more jewelry than usual. I was ready to sparkle inside and out! After all, I have numerous reasons to celebrate life myself.

Nancy is my new friend from choir. I knew I would like her when she took off her shoes during choir practice and walked around. She radiates life and her radiance spreads to all around her. She and her husband decided to have a "celebrate life" party and she invited us to join them.

My feet were itching to dance. It had been so long. At the Hop began to play and my husband and I started dancing. A wide teeth-showing grin spread across my face. A symbol of the state of my current life, I let myself go. I danced some of my favorite moves. Throughout the evening we danced. When Harold was immersed in conversation, I danced with someone else. And the final dance before leaving I danced by myself. What freedom, what joy!

I could dance and rejoice because my whole being was filled with gratitude. In dancing I was saying: "Life is a gift; life is good, so celebrate!" I could celebrate because you have liberated me from the wounds of the past. My blessings are so plentiful that my whirling and twirling was designed to circle round and fling outward my joy to others.

You heal
from the
inside out.
You invade us
with purpose,
peace and playfulness.
You allow us
to give joy
a living chance.
You are
my everything,
Wonderful God!
All praise
is yours!

Love, Andrea