A Sabbath Poem (St. Augustine)

      IN PRAISE OF DANCING
      ~ by St. Augustine

      I praise the dance, for it frees people
          from the heaviness of matter
          and binds the isolated to community.
      I praise the dance, which demands everything:
          health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul.
      Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people,
          who are in constant danger of becoming all brain,
          will, or feeling.
      Dancing demands a whole person, one who is
          firmly anchored in the center of his life, who is
          not obsessed by lust for people and things
          and the demon of isolation in his own ego.
      Dancing demands a freed person, one who vibrates
          with the balance of all his powers.
      I praise the dance.
      O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven
          will not know what to do with you.

(source: Bruderhof, Daily Dig)

Comments

[Makeesha]

beautiful thank you