Dance as though no one is watching you

Mailed a birthday note to Sydney, my dancing granddaughter with these words:  "Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth"...... at least occasionally.  Just this past week I ran across the words in a shared email that made me laugh out loud:  "What the neighbors think about you is none of your business."  I LOVE THAT!  Today, I shall live as though what the neighbors think is none of my business.  I am dancing as though no one is watching me.    For, in truth, no one is.  Well, the yard man is mowing the grass, but he is surely intent on his work and has no interest in what I'm doing.  I know where my obsession with living  hoping for approval came from - My Mother was forever saying "What will the neighbors think?"  And, she got that instilled in her by her father.  Anyhow, I'm old enough now to know that joy comes from dancing as though no one is watching and today is a good day to dance.  While I dance, I'll contemplate loving as though I've never been hurt before.