“When I stumble, I make it part of the dance.” A friend of mine recently said this. What a fabulous life philosophy. I believe it should be all of our intentions for ridding ourselves of self-judgment. This philosophy turns something that we judge to be a mistake into something new and creative. This turns a lifestyle from ridged and fear based into a willingness to try something out of our comfort level even if we might not be perfect from the very first moment.
Consider this. Break dancing (or breaking) started as street dancing in New York in the 1970s and went hand in hand with Hip Hop Music. I like to think that someone was trying something they had never tried before and they stumbled onto this creative dance movement which has become an art form. To that end, breaking will have its debut as an Olympic Sport in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Just image what else we could evolve into an art form in such a short timeframe if we simply lived by the philosophy of “When I stumble, I make it part of the dance.”
Gratitude to Pete Linforth for the image.