Not surprising to me, was the fact that my family turned up over and over in my Bucket List as the most important thing I have and want to have. It was interesting just how many items pertained to them.
When thinking about Randy Pausch’s lecture and thinking of my childhood dreams, there was one that stuck out. I danced for my whole childhood and teenage years and it was very important to me. It was a creative release as well as about the only kind of exercise I’ve ever enjoyed. As a child, I could see myself dancing for my whole life. I remember vividly being at a Utah State University basketball halftime and watching a group of Senior women dancing. There was one lady who was over 90 who could do the splits! I wanted to be them so badly.
But as an adult, opportunities to dance are few and far between. And I have let that dream slip away a little more each year. I still take and teach Zumba classes to keep some semblance of dancing in my life, but it’s not the same.
Last year I read the book “Daring Greatly” by Brene Brown; the inspiration for the title of Brown’s book was taken from the “Man in the Arena” speech by Teddy Roosevelt. Ironically I read that same speech this week in the book Hero’s Journey and it reminded me of what my “Daring Greatly” was. My one childhood dream that I still want to accomplish.
I want to teach an adult dance class in my area. I want to give women an opportunity to move and dance past age 18 and to be healthy and have fun. It might seem like a small dream, but for someone with three young kids, a part time job, and school, it seems a huge feat! But it is still something I want to try. There is a lot I’ll need to do before I can make this a reality, the first would be getting myself into shape and finding a studio to do it at. But it is possible.
And like the speech says, if I fail, at least I fail, daring greatly!
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