When I hear this song, I cry...tears of Joy and love

And I don't even love the artist but it's the context that matters

It was the first dance and the newly married couple strolled out onto the stage for that proverbial romantic start to their new life together. Even in our Indian weddings, there is this tradition. It was my cousin sister and her husband, I could say that now. The cousin sister I had cared for every time I visited India. She would follow me around, she a little toddler and me, a 12 year old cousin, so excited to play with her.

And here she was, all grown up. Watching them was so joy-filling.

And then all of a sudden, the music stopped…and a high energy Bollywood song came on. And they ripped it out, a choreographed dance for the ages. The entire hall was squealing and clapping. The energy was electric.

Watching them kill it on the dance floor was even better than the romantic nostalgia we had just felt.

By the end, we were all on the dance floor with them and that’s how the night started.

Dance is everything to me. It’s the balm for my soul. And EVERY time I hear this favorite of mine, I think of them doing the unexpected and performing for the crowd. I smile, I start dancing myself…in my home, my car, wherever. I’ll even turn it on purposefully to come out of a funk, because I know it will make me move for sure.

And when the body moves, so does the mind.

Try it and see if it does something for you. And here’s a secret…imagine my beautiful cousin and brother-in-law belting out the best dance moves ever. I promise, it will move you somewhere!

Link to song: “Fevicol Se”