You know the words...

Life's a dance, you learn as you go...

Most of us get our cliche lines from movies or songs...our inspirational moments or sayings are triggered by those same two things...most Queen songs, We Are the Champions, Rocky - Eye of the Tiger

Rascal Flatts have a song "God Bless the broken Road, that led me straight to you"...cheesy but triggers an emotion and is mostly effective.

The song "Life's a Dance", the words are "You Learn as you Go" I think most people have forgotten the words to that song, or they've re-written them.  Here are some of the more typical real life lyrics to that song...Life's a Dance,

"...I blame someone else for never teaching me how."

"...I need to take as many classes as possible so I can get good at it"

"...if I screw it up my parents will fix it for me"

"...and I deserve the 'best dancer' award"
This is the person who is really kicking it on the dance floor and everyone is watching...because it's terrible! Reality is sometimes missing.  Reality is, you're not the best even though you think you are; stop being a poser.

"...I'll blame you for messing up, even though I have no rhythm"

"...1, 2, 3, 4, 1...shoot!, 2, 3....darn I messed up again!"

Someone said...Don't wish for things to happen the way you want them to happen; instead, wish for things to happen the way they do happen and your life will be surreal.

Life's a dance, you learn as you go...

Fatherhood...

It's really been a fun almost 10 months :)  Keagan is now sitting up on his own, he still falls over sometimes when he tries to reach for something behind him.  The best part about him falling over, is he never tries to stop himself; the head goes first then the rest of the body.  When he stands on my lap we play the "falling game" where I let go and he falls to one side or the other, I let him get so far then I catch him and bring him back up.  He loves it!  After two, he is smiling and giggling...the best part is that his hands are usually in or near his mouth.  His hands aren't out at his sides balancing or bracing for the impact of the possible crash to the ground.

What freedom that must be in life; to be able to just let go and not worry about where to go, how far you fall, in a way knowing that you'll get picked up again.  What does that look like in life, giving someone else complete control and not really being too worried about the consequence?

Two thoughts...

1) I wish we would enjoy the ride a little bit more.  Worry less about the future and enjoy where we are in the moment...live freely in knowledge that you are protected and looked after by another.

2) I know I want Keagan to start crawling, but I am trying to enjoy everything he is doing now before that happens.  At this point he is closer to walking I think.  I can't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do...it's' not about me, it's about him.  Ultimately this whole fatherhood is thing is determined more by how he feels than it is by how I feel.  If it's really about me, then this whole fatherhood thing is a sham.
  

Listening to "Faking Life" by Five Iron frenzy