This post is a bit of a continuation on the theme of my blog, partly because I want to establish for you a little bit about who I am and the motivations of my life at this time, and partly because I am new to this and haven't come up with anything insightful, humorous or otherwise interesting to write about.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dance_(Garth_Brooks_song), The Dance, is a song recorded in 1989 by Garth Brooks. The song was written by Brooks' friend, Tony Arata. The song is written with a double meaning both as a love song about the end of a passionate relationship and the lyrics also work to tell the story of someone dying because of something they believe in, or a moment of glory. Brooks illustrated this in the music video for the song.
I can't remember when I first heard this song (it has a very catchy tune), but I have since come to appreciate the lyrics as they relate to the idea of actually living life regardless of the pain that may be suffered. The song itself talks about a person who lived their life and took a chance, a person who in the end suffered heartbreak for their choice; but a person who wouldn't do it any differently given the chance. For me, I would listen to this song and ask myself what I was missing out on because I was too afraid to take a chance. Too often I had things that I wanted to do, goals I wanted to achieve, but I was not willing to take the necessary risks, I was not willing to accept the pain that might possibly be suffered. I was afraid I would regret the choice.
Now I regret it when I give in to that fear and don't take the risk. So now, when I am faced with the chance to try something new or the opportunity to begin working toward a goal that will possibly be life changing, I think about all the good things that I might miss out on if I back slowly away from the edge of chasm. One of my favorite quotes that I would like to share with you also speaks to these ideas.
"Don't be afraid to take a leap when one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small steps." -Anonymous
If you want to check out the music video on YouTube for The Dance you can do it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxiJJBvZnRI
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2 comments:
And I thought you had no use for country music!
I did a recent blog about risk. I think I titled it "Living Dangerously in the Hands of God" after the Steve Camp song. I have done some risking(going to Bible School, moving away from family to Alberta and now to NW Ontario)but I really don't consider myself a risk-taker. I wish I was more sometime; especially for God.
I'm thinking about doing a summer sermon series that relates to risk-taking. I did a Bible study on it once from Erwin McManus' book, Seizing Your Divine Moment and the passage he writes the book around-- 1Samuel 14:1-23.
A sermon series on risk would probably be interesting, and useful. I think that many of us get comfortable with our lives and are not willing to move out of that comfort, or stop to think that maybe we should, which may be the bigger problem. This goes for our Christian lives as well as our "regular" life (I hesitate to separate the two, but that's an issue for a different day).
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