grazie.. gracious..

one incredible year spent post arangetram..

first arangetram anniversary today!

a smile through one eye and tear drops through other..nostalgic day.. the day when i danced my heart out..

gained so much pre, post and during that and lost even double..

that’s how life trade is :)

it naturally takes me to the past, not just by a single year but by many years..

and while i contemplate and think about the most special thing dance has ever given me?  is the grace!

‘grace’ to live life..

and like i mentioned before, what it took back as a fair trade is something so unfair and hell so special;(

and if life permits, then we can talk about it some other day.. but for now, gracefully getting back to the grace :) yes,

dance has been teaching me that grace not just to dance gracefully but to learn to live life gracefully against all odds..

how and what and why and i am not sharing it all ;)

dance blossoms with grace and its my sincere opinion that life too can if lived in graceful manner will blossom..

though this particular learning is a life time and a challenging process in real life..

but how and when this grace is tested?

see ourselves learning for years back stage, struggling to get that one step correct and sometimes we give up only to pick up again.. and on stage is there is any escape?  ankle bells may loose may fall, jewels may break or disturb and a lot can happen with costume too, cd’s might run too fast, system can fail or one might be unwell.. but the show must go on!!

how even double gracefully and smartly we would compose ourselves then..

similarly in life.. in tough times, i think we are only expected to handle those with grace.. but we over react, misbehave, feel bad, think negative, handle, quit, cry, crib and do all of that which blasts so naturally within us.. :)

instead this is my very simple understanding of accepting life that whatever it offers, it should be lived gracefully.. and that’s one of those special lessons dance has been teaching me.. to live with grace.

needless to say, only masters have achieved and mastered it to live it that way.. and we can little bit try and try again if and when fail.. but someday wouldn't we be grazie to that gracious way? :)

so here i am thanking my stars..

also a big thank you to particularly those whom i forgot to mention and thank in my speech on arangetram day..

cheers..