Your Attitude Determines How You Dance in the Rain

Continuing my good news weekend posts - this one is about facing up to life's challenges, the right way; your attitude determines how you dance in the rain. I call it dancing the dance of life.  

In one 24-hour period I encountered "dancing in the rain" three times... there is a message there for sure - and this one is the most significant of all from the marvelous (really!) Judith Rich's How to know the way of the soul

Dancing in the rain encourages us all to dance this dance when life's many challenges come our way. Sure, you can dance physically to work through your angst, anger and pain (it is fantastic) but talking out your problems, emptying your heart - because that is where the pain lies - with someone with whom you feel good is what is necessary. 

Pain, anger, sorrow, joy, laughter, peace and harmony all come from the same place. Khalil Gibran says it this way:

Joy and Sorrow

Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow." 

And he answered, "Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears."

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Some of you say "Joy is greater than sorrow" and others say "Nay, sorrow is the greater."

But I say unto you, they are inseparable.  Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. 

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.

Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.

When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

Great day everyone. Now go out and dance that damn dance for all you are worth!