dance like there's no tomorrow

So I came across this while reading some good old Donald Miller. He's one of my favorite. He just knows how to hit the spot.


I think to myself about the weight in my pack. Last night Paul and I talked a bit about all the stuff that we carry with us, all the weight we walk around with, emotional baggage, thinking we need stuff that we don't need. We weren't getting very deep or anything, but I keep thinking about it, and how much stuff I walk around with, about how life is a dance and God just meant for us to enjoy life, not to get bogged down in sin and religion. Just be good, it seems like, is the point of life; be kind to people; don't hate anybody; forgive people because we all make mistakes. I know there are always going to be exceptions to this kind of thinking, but it seems like life would be better if we could just let go of the thought we need more and more stuff to be happy, more and more of the approval of others.


I think he is so right at this. Let go of your problems and dance. If there is someone there who is offering to make our trip so much easier, why the heck would we continue to hold on to these things that make life a mess? I don't get it. I'm at fault for it too, but I just don't get why we still do it.