Dance For Us.

Do you know what gets in the way?

Life. Or at least, us trying to live it.

We try to live life to "its fullest", try to treasure every moment, try to make the best of whatever short time we have, and when we're contemplating our next move, we like to rely on this motto called the infamous YOLO, and use it as an excuse to do crazy things our rational selves would be slapping ourselves for.

We know life is short so we try to make the best out of it.
We try to pack ourselves as tight as we possibly can, to achieve as much as we possibly can, even if it is, actually, virtually impossible. We delude ourselves into thinking that as long as we can stretch ourselves as thin as we can go, we'll be able to experience everything we want to in its full richness, whilst coping with the restraints of time.

We only realise too late, that stretching ourselves thin dilutes each experience, and although we might get to experience more, each experience won't be as rich as it could have been had we chosen more wisely the things which we wish to go through.


We use #YOLO as an excuse to launch ourselves into things that might not have been the best decision to make, if only we had had the time and sense to think it through carefully first.
You only live once, but do you really want to screw over your one chance at life?

Some decisions need to be thought through carefully. Yes, some risks are worth taking, but when you rush into a decision and do things on impulse, are you sure it's truly worth the risk?

And yes, sometimes you have to plunge into things without being 100% sure that they'll work out. It's called having faith, and trusting that this is what you should be doing. But does this mean that you just put yourself on the launchpad for every damn thing that comes your way and launch yourself off before you even take the time to stop and think if this is the right launchpad you're launching yourself off from?


We cling to what we know and what makes us feel at home and happy in life.
This is normal, and this is good.
But what happens when we have to let it go?
What happens when good things come to an end, and it's time to move on?
I'm not sure if there's an option for us to keep clinging on forever. Sometimes things are such that we have to keep walking forward.
But what if we can't?
If everything that we have is already what we want, and we don't need to move on or move along to be happy? We'll be just as happy staying put here...

...till we see everyone else who matters to us walking ahead, and moving on without us.
Because, let's face it. It happens. People move on, and they're going to do it with or without you coming along.

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I don't like moving on (possibly because I'm not very good at it) and I don't like it when life forces us to. But I guess, coming back for DU and watching it end once more has put me in touch with certain realities that are cruel, but so very true in life.

This is not the end of our friendships and relationships, but looking back, there are many ways I could have lived my life better, if I had known more about it. Right now, I just want to treasure everything I have, and give all of myself to the people that matter. :')

I love you all so much.

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Dance was the reason I met you

It gave us the reason 
to trust and get to know and fall into deep friendship with each other
So even if I forget everything
I will always remember Dance 
as the beginning 
of this beautiful thing 
we have between us 

Even if we move on with life
And to a new chapter 
Just like I will never forget what Dance did for us
I will never forget you
and what you did
for us.