It's Time for a Joyful Jig

Dance like no one is watching has been the encouragement to carpe diem on the dance floor for centuries...I think. Regardless of the line's history and origin, it's time we take it to the dance floor and feel good.

Monday night, I came across a Highway Sing-Along video to Build Me Up Buttercup and I was jamming and grooving for the rest of the evening. Perhaps some of my joy can be credited to Mr. TJ Smith and his contagious spirit to sing like no one was listening, but it goes without saying, Build Me Up Buttercup just makes you want to dance and sing along.

Coasting along with my high spirits and dreaming of a way to bottle up this happy feeling for another day, I concluded, sometimes you just have to shrug and press play. Life is going to hit you with the ups and downs, the side steps and wrong steps, but if you put the right tune to it, it really isn't all that bad. I know there is some scientific data to back me up on my claim. You know, how the right music makes the body release dopamine, which makes you feel good. Then there is the added bonus of burning calories while dancing, but let's not complicate an age-old and time trusted process, let's just sing and dance!

So, get up and let me see you dance, or if you're in your office, perhaps you can just groove while you work. The seven dwarfs whistled while they worked, you can groove, don't worry, I won't tell anyone. If you need some songs to get you started, to turn those step backs into a cha-cha, to put a smile on your face, don't call Dr. Feelgood. I've created a short playlist for your joyful jig, just press play!

Sincerely, 

Cybill

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