Get Up, Shake Away Your Fears and Dance!
“You know it’s on your mind So get on up until you dance Try it out You’ll never know until you do Try it out Take a chance You can do it Try it out Don’t feel sorry for yourself You can make it Try it out Take the time, take a chance Every minute, every day Try it out” Gino Soccio, Try It Out Too often in life, we don’t want to “try it out.” We’re afraid of taking risks. We’re afraid to get outside of our selves, outside of our own internal head-worlds. Essentially, we’re afraid to live life in the real world. This is especially true for many recovering people because we have been so damaged by outside sources, by people in the real world. For some of us, it’s even terrifying to think of attending our first 12 Step meeting. We’ve become so accustomed to holding ourselves inside of our own little world, that we are fearful to let ourselves out; to be vulnerable in front of other people. We are fearful and we are often trapped in the darkness of our...