“…If you have the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!”

I like a variety of music, from classical to country, and recently I have been in a country-listening period.  One of the things that attracts me to country music is that every now and then there is a song whose lyrics put some basic life-truths into a nutshell.  When I heard Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance,” I knew it was one of those songs. 

Perhaps the most visible example of this choice right now is the Olympians gathered in Torino Italy.  They have all chosen to stretch themselves, take a risk, make the commitment, reach for the joy and strive to be the best that they can be.  As they look back on the sport aspect of their lives they should never have to say, “I should have…If only…I wish.”

The Olympians have made a huge commitment, but each of us has this choice to make on a daily basis.  Do we make the choice to spend the extra minutes to do something that makes us proud or do we settle for “good enough”?  Do we put out the extra effort to complete the more difficult task that brings us the greater reward in our own eyes?  Do we take the risk that will give us the thrill of success while knowing that we could fail?  Do we take the opportunities life offers for fun as well as work?  Now and again we make these choices regarding a huge, life-changing issue, but most of the time they are made in a split second about a detail…and it is those details that compose our lives.

Those of us on The Johnson Team strive to maintain a collective spirit of being the best we can be…for you and for ourselves.  As the poet says, “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these – ‘It might have been’.”  Give us a call – we can help you dance.