Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Lady Antebellum

Of cowards and true LOVERS!

Finding this song through Ana Maria s blog ( www.zaahirah.blogspot.com) was a treasure catch.
As I, slowly, return to live after some of the hardest experiences of my life, there s no way deep changes may not occur.

That s the thing about deep pain and disappointment: or they hurt you for life and leave scars which will never fade or they rise you up to dimensions you would never have guessed existed.

Faced with some very interesting Om Kolthoum material (to teach in Italy and Portugal), something clear came to my mind: the main reason why dancing Om Kolthoum is so difficult and only RARE DANCERS can do it.

Only the ones who understand and dare to LIVE REAL LOVE can ever DANCE Om kolthoum. There is no pretending, no getting close, no being smart, no acting.
Only the BRAVE of the HEART, never the cowards, can pick an Om Kolthoum s piece and eat it properly in the shape of movement, breathing, true emotion and LIFE.

I am surrounded by fake relationships, convenient marriages, husbands cheating on their wives and wives cheating on their husbands. Lies, traditions that are totally disconnected from TRUE LOVE and a deep weakness towards the RISKS and WONDERS that this TRUE LOVE OFFERS.

Om Kotlhoum and her world is not for ambitions politicians and diplomatic dancers. It is for REAL MEN and REAL WOMEN who are strong enough to kick garbadge on the face and take the vulnerability and possible pain embroidered in the marvellous possibilities and pleasures of LOVE.

Only REAL LOVERS can dance Om Kolthoum. Only those.
And this, aside from many other hard won pieces of wisdom, is what I ve learnt from the sadest experiences of my life.