Johnny Tan

We may not realized this but living our daily lives is pretty much like dancing. My late ballroom instructor mom Betty, told me years ago that dancing is always from the heart, as it requires passion and commitment. Echoing my Malaysian mom Nyah’s sentiments, like life and in dancing, I cannot achieve a full-time reward with a part-time effort.

I will never forget what my late mom Betty, asked me the first time we talked about my taking ballroom dancing lessons. She asked, “Do you want to dance or do you want to DANCE?” I was quite confused about the question at first and asked her to explain what she meant by that.

She went on to explain, “If you want to dance this is what I will teach you,” showing me some dance patterns as she moved around the dance floor. “However, if you want to DANCE, then this is how I will teach you,” stretching out her arms sideways, holding her head slightly tilted to her left, and looking slightly above her line of sight over my right shoulder, in perfect form for the waltz.

That is when I knew that I definitely wanted to learn the latter. From that day on I was on a different path of dancing excellence. She taught me how to develop floor presence, created an appearance makeover for me, and custom-tailored a physical fitness program to help me have a better dancing posture. I was taught that I could accomplish anything if I focused my mind, body, and spirit on it.

Since I started ballroom dancing I have not only learned how to do the Cuban walk, but more importantly I have learned how to do the dance of life with a renewed right spiritual rhythm.

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Johnny

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