Unreconciled.

As a choreographer, the hardest part is not teaching the steps but teaching the meaning of the movement.  Young dancers often struggle to grasp the message that a song or piece of music is trying to convey, and emotions are not something that can be taught.  Over the years I have found that asking the students to assign a "word" to a piece of choreography can help them to understand the character, facial expressions, and body language they should be communicating.

I like to do this in life sometime as well.  A single word can often be much more powerful and effective than a long string of meaningless or redundant words.  People will ask me how I feel about a situation and I answer with a single utterance:  Frustrated.  Ecstatic.  Depressed.  Longing.  Sassy.  Angry.  Overjoyed.  Overwhelmed.  Empty.  Peaceful.  Numb.

I was listening to my Pandora radio a couple of months ago and it led me to a song by Peter Bradley Adams called "Unreconciled."  When I took a closer look at the lyrics, I found that they fit well with the concept of "Unspoken Heart," and the theme of many of the letters I have received.  The song also inspired me to dig deeper into the question, "What is your word?"

I wanted to share these lyrics with you... hopefully they will find you wanting to share the relationship in your life that left you "Unreconciled."  If not... well download it anyway.  It's a great song.

In the meantime, think about what your "word" is.  You share yours and I'll share mine....

"Unreconciled"

By: Peter Bradley Adams

Is it hard to live in silence

When I look you in the eyes

Well you crave forgiveness

But still don't apologize

Is it love that you're afraid of

In the words that you ignore

Well we made a promise

But we can't stay here anymore

'Cause you gave everything that you could give

And this is the only life that I can live

And I am grateful

But I've grown weary of this fight

So no regrets, it's better left unreconciled

I can see the way you tremble

You don't mean to make a mess

I don't want to get angry

'Cause I'll regret the things we said

And there's a sound from down inside me

That I've never heard before

And it says surrender, there's no work here anymore

'Cause you gave everything

That you could give

And this is the only life that I can live

And I am grateful

But I've grown weary of this fight

So no regrets, its better left unreconciled.