I love the show "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD). I posted another blog from the last season where two of the dancers did a piece choreographed by Mia Michaels about addiction. It was very powerful.
This piece is about fear and overcoming it... Very visual depiction of how fear attacks us and attaches itself to us in our every day life... It was choreographed by Stacy Tookey, another of my favorite choreographers, and performed by Kathryn & Legacy.
In recovery they teach you that real change doesn't occur until the pain outweighs the fear... meaning, that until it hurts bad enough, most of us will stay stuck in what seems familiar to us because we are too afraid of doing something different. This piece was very moving to me because I've spent the last 9 months overcoming my fears... and it's working! I've been able to face things I've held onto for the last 2 or 3 decades. Amazing how when you finally embrace the truth and own your choices, you get better at an eerily fast pace!
Enjoy this. I sure did. And as you watch it, try and picture yourself facing and overcoming the things that most hold you back, the things and people you are most afraid of... I love how at the end she pushes her fear completely down. The song is "2 Steps Away" by Patti LaBelle.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Slow Fade
I heard this song for the first time tonight (11/6/09) at recovery. I was moved to tears. It is SO TRUE. We all have found ourselves in situations that SEEM to be suddenly intense and we think, "How on earth did I get here???" It's because we make these tiny, seemingly insignificant decisions every day that, over time, snowball into the catastrophies in which we often find ourselves.
Really made me think. It's based on the children's song I remember learning in Sunday School... If you really want to be moved, watch the video through til the end when the little girl sings...
Read the lyric. Watch the video and listen to the song. Incredibly insightful depiction of how the defining moments in our lives are precipitated by a series of many other moments that led us to the place where we had to make a choice. "People never crumble in a day... It's a slow fade..."
SLOW FADE
By Casting Crowns
Be careful little eyes what you see
It's the second glance that ties your hands
as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it's the little feet behind you
that are sure to follow
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It's a slow fade,
It's a slow fade
Be careful little ears what you hear
When flattery leads to compromise,
the end is always near
Be careful little lips what you say
For empty words and promises
lead broken hearts astray
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day...
The journey from your mind to your hands
Is shorter than you're thinking
Be careful if you think you stand
You just might be sinking
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
Daddies never crumble in a day
Families never crumble in a day
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
For the Father up above
is looking down in love
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
Really made me think. It's based on the children's song I remember learning in Sunday School... If you really want to be moved, watch the video through til the end when the little girl sings...
Read the lyric. Watch the video and listen to the song. Incredibly insightful depiction of how the defining moments in our lives are precipitated by a series of many other moments that led us to the place where we had to make a choice. "People never crumble in a day... It's a slow fade..."
SLOW FADE
By Casting Crowns
Be careful little eyes what you see
It's the second glance that ties your hands
as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it's the little feet behind you
that are sure to follow
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It's a slow fade,
It's a slow fade
Be careful little ears what you hear
When flattery leads to compromise,
the end is always near
Be careful little lips what you say
For empty words and promises
lead broken hearts astray
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day...
The journey from your mind to your hands
Is shorter than you're thinking
Be careful if you think you stand
You just might be sinking
It's a slow fade
when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade
when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade,
choices are made,
a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
Daddies never crumble in a day
Families never crumble in a day
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
For the Father up above
is looking down in love
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
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