I Hope You Dance

Photography is one of the last things that comes to mind these days. Whole days go by and the camera is all but forgotten, until the ride home when the little courtship between this blipper and light trails begins to tease.

It would be so easy to sit this one out. Nobody needs to know this part of the process, the fact that maybe 1/3 of the task at hand has been conquered and 2/3 remain...at least. Nobody has to know that there are moments when the temptation to say, "it's too hard" tries to rise up, while the conviction that 'doing for others what you would like them to do for you' is always the right way to live, catches wind and sets the sails for bringing Mother Comfort home and letting her have a chance to participate in the greatest adventure that has ever happened in her life. The rebirth of hope, the promise of a future when all felt lost. Nothing we can do, but something that is available through the Hope of ages.

All you have to do is say 'yes', and begin the dance. The rest just happens without explanation, as a matter of course when that which had become inertia takes flight. So, I really do hope that, given the chance, you will choose well. I hope you dance.

The Guardian