i need to take the lead

i love ballroom dancing. i always have. even as a kid i remember watching the ballroom dancing competitions on TV and thinking that they were the most graceful and good looking people i'd ever seen. i always wanted to be like them. as i got older i started taking dance classes, ballet, tap, jazz lyrical, tango, and waltz, but i never took my love of dancing beyond that. a few classes a week.

oh sure, i talked about taking ballroom with certain friends of mine, jesse, my sister, nicole, leslie, ana, but it never happened. why?

i just saw the movie Take The Lead on easter sunday with my sister. not only was it a good movie, but it also got me to thinking... why did i quit taking dance classes? i could blame it on moving to california and not having a studio near by, but i don't think that is true. i could say that because i'm not actively pursuing a career in acting anymore i don't need the dance classes, but that's not true either. there was quote in the movie...

"i'm not made to be a dancer."
"do you enjoy dancing?"
"yes."
"then you were made to be a dancer."

it really hit home... i mean, i don't have to be trying to be an actor to take dance classes. if you really enjoy something, then TAKE THE LEAD, go for it, do what you love, never give up on something you love, because when you least expect it, that one thing that you love, could be your salvation.