Dena's Word

YOU KNOW THIS IS KIND OS A PLACE WHERE I LET MY FEELINGS OUT, SHARE A PART OF MY LIFES JOURNEY AND JUST KIND OF LET YOU SEE A PART OF MY HEART OUTSIDE OF THE DANCE CONVENTIONS OR STUDIOS THAT YOU SEE ME AT..I HAVE HAD QUITE A PERSONAL STRUGGLE OVER THE LAST 5 MONTHS AND HAD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT WERE GOING TO AFFECT MY LIFE DRAMATICALLY AND I CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT YO, THIS IS LIFE, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE EXACTLY AT A PERFECT PLACE IN OUR LIVES AND I THINK FOR ME THAT IS WHAT KEEPS ME ALWAYS STRIVING TO GET TO A PLACE THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE..THEN GOD KINDA SNAPPED ME BACK TO REALITY ONCE AGAIN AND REMINDED ME JUST "BEING COMFORTABLE" IS NOT ENOUGH,,ITS KIND OF LIKE JUST SETTLING FOR WHATEVER,, KIND OF JUST TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET AND BE HAPPY WITH IT AND YOU KNOW WHAT??..WE ARE ALL A PEOPLE THAT WANT BETTER FOR OURSELVES AND GOD MADE US THAT WAY TO WANT ONLY THE BEST ,,NEVER TO JUST SETTLE,,SO DURING THIS JOURNEY AND MAJOR TRANSITION I AM IN,,THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I HAVE TAKEN AWAY FROM IT..I AM THE ONE WHO MAKES THE CHOICE TO LIVE EACH DAY FULL OF GODS LOVE, HIS STRENGTH AND TO LIVE WITH PURPOSE AND VALUE,,I WILL NOT LOOK TO ANY OTHER PERSON TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS FOR ME AND I WILL SURROUND MYSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL ONLY POUR POSITIVE GODLY THINGS INTO MY LIFE..GUYS TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU,, IT IS ALL ABOUT WHO YOU CHOSE TO BRING INTO YOUR LIFE AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS TO WEED CERTAIN PEOPLE OUT..AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS PAINFUL AT THE TIME, GOD HAS ALWAYS REPLACED THAT PAIN WITH SOMETHING SO MUCH BETTER..I HEARD A PASTOR SAY THIS "LIFE IS THE SUM TOTAL OF WHO YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND IT WITH"..THAT HIT ME AND I REALIZED THAT I WANTED TO ALWAYS BE AROUND PEOPLE THAT ARE POSITIVE AND LIVING EACH DAY TO BE ALL GOD WANTS THEM TO BE..SO AS YOU BEGIN EACH DAY , REMEMBER IT IS UP TO YOU TO LIVE IT OUT TO THE FULLEST...LIVE WITH PURPOSE AND VALUE AND ALLOW GOD TO BE YOUR TRUE CONFIDANT AND BEST FRIEND,,HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS!! AND YO, THATS MY WORD ..AUG 6, 2009
DENA'S WORD - 06-Aug-09 at 12:36 PM

AS 2008 COMES TO A CLOSE, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN ALL REFLECT ON BUT HERES SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE TO..I HOPE YOU IT TOUCHES YOUR HEART AS MUCH AS IT DID MINE.. . BEING OURSELVES..." THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO BE IS YOU..THE MOST DIFFICULT THING TO BE IS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT YOU TO BE..DON'T LET THEM PUT YOU IN THAT POSITION. THE URGE TO PLEASE IS POWERFUL, EVEN WHEN IT PUSHES US TO BE SOMEONE WE ARE NOT. WHEN WE TRY TO HARD TO PLEASE, HOWEVER, WE USUALLY FAIL TO PLEASE ANYONE...NOT THE PERSON WE WERE AIMING TO PLEASE AND CERTAINLY NOT OURSELVES... IF PEOPLE CAN'T ACCEPT US FOR WHO WE ARE, THEN WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHY WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM TO BEGIN WITH..WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BE INAUTHENTIC TO EARN SOMEONE'S LOVE AND RESPECT.. I AM WHO I AM,...WHILE I CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE, I WILL NOT LET ANYONE TRY TO MAKE ME WHAT THEY WANT ME TO BE.. THATS PRETTY COOL.HUH???..SO AS 2009 BEGINS REMEMBER GOD MADE YOU SO UNIQUE AND THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE IS TRULY BEING YOU..AND THATS MY WORD...RIZZO
DENA'S WORD - 31-Dec-08 at 11:11 AM

THIS IS NOT SOME BIG REVELATION AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A LONG SAGA BUT LATELY I BEEN THINK ABOUT THE PHRASE "KEEPING IT REAL"..ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE TOTALLY HONEST..I KNOW IN OUR HEARTS WE NEVER WANT TO HURT SOMEONES FEELINGS BUT IF WE ARE GOOD FRIENDS TO PEOPLE WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE TOTALLY HONEST...HERES A FEW EXAMPLES...NONE OF US WANT ANYONE TO EVER TELL US OUR HAIR LOOKS GOOD WHEN IT IS JACKED UP,,OR THAT THE OUTFIT WE ARE WEARING IS HOT WHEN IT IS TOTALLY BUSTED!!!..I THINK THE POINT I AM TRYING TO GET AT IS THIS..IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST THING TO SAY WHAT WE THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR...NOW MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT I SAID..IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO SAY WHAT WE THINK PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR..THE KEYWORD BEING "WANT TO HEAR"..FOR ME I WANT SOMEONE TO TELL ME WHATS UP,,LIKE IF I HAVE TOILET PAPER ON MY SHOE OR IF I TUCKED MY SKIRT IN MY UNDERWEAR...ONE TIME I ACTUALLY WALKED FROM THE BATHROOM ALL THE WAY THROUGH A CROWDED MOVIE THEATER LOBBY WITH MY SKIRT IN MY UNDERWEAR AND WAS WONDERING WHY EVERYONE WAS STARING AT ME!!...YOU KNOW THE SAYING" IF YOU DONT HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL" THATS TRUE,,BUT ALSO "IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING HONEST TO SAY DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL",,I GUESS BEING IN THE DANCE BUSINESS IT CAN BE A TOUGH BIZ BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT ME AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS I ONLY WANT TO SAY WHATS ON MY HEART AND THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU WHETHER I KNOW YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL OR IF YOU HAVE JUST BEEN IN A CLASS OF MINE,,I FIND IT AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE A SMALL PART OF YOUR LIVES AND YOU ALL TOUCH ME IN SO MANY WAYS..I KNOW WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO COME UP TO ME TO TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU LIKED MY CLASS OR THE MESSAGE I AM TRYING TO BRING I KNOW YOU TRULY MEAN IT AND THATS WHAT "KEEPING IT REAL ' IS ALL ABOUT,,AND YO,,THATS MY WORD SO HOLD IN YOUR HEART AND KEEP SPREADING THE TRUTH AND HONESTY I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEARTS!!
DENA'S WORD - 20-Oct-08 at 07:43 PM

I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE WORDS WE USE AND THE WORDS WE HEAR AND HOW POWERFUL WORDS ARE..YOU KNOW THE SAYING "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS'..WELL I DO BELIEVE THAT BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES WORDS CAN SPEAK LOUDER THAN ACTIONS...MOST OF DENAS WORD IS BASED ON THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO ME OR MAYBE JUST A DEEP FEELING I GET,,IN THIS CASE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME AND IT JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF SOMEONES MOUTH HOW VERY DAMAGING WORDS CAN BE..I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE WHO I HAD REALLY JUST MET ALTHOUGH I HAD SEEN THIS PERSON BEFORE BUT NEVER REALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM..THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME SOMETHING THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT ME THAT WAS VERY UNTRUE AND VERY DAMAGING..I WAS SHOCKED BUT IN MY HEART I KNEW IT WAS UNTRUE AND KNEW I REALLY DID NOT HAVE TO GO ALL OUT TO DEFEND MYSELF...WELL SINCE THAT HAPPENED I HAVE THOUGHT ALOT ABOUT IT..THIS PERSON SIMPLY REPEATED SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE HAD SAID,,IN MY MIND ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS WERE RACING PAST.."HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD HEARD SUCH A CRAZY RUMOR?"...'HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE THIS PERSON WHO DIDNT REALLY KNOW ME PERSONALLY ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT?"..."HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS HAD THE STORY BEEN STRETCHED?" "WHAT IF I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THIS PERSON AND THEY WENT ON ALWAYS BELIEVING THAT ABOUT ME?"...I THINK THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE TAUGHT ME A LESSON AS WELL...WE HAVE ALL BEEN A PART OF GOSSIP AND HOW OUR WORDS CAN NOT ONLY HURT SOMEONE BUT SOMETIMES RUIN THEIR LIVES...IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CHOOSE OUR WORDS CAREFULLY AND REMEMBER ALOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE YOU CONFIDE IN ARENT ALWAYS GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND IF SOMEONE CONFIDES IN YOU IT MEANS THEY TRUST YOU,, THEY NEED YOU TO LISTEN AND HOLD WHAT THEY TELL YOU CLOSE TO THEIR HEART..NOT TO TURN AROUND AND BLAB IT TO SOMEONE ELSE..WORDS ARE POWERFUL AND CAN CUT RIGHT THROUGH US, IF YOU ARE AMONGST FRIENDS AND YOU HEAR SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT TRUE ABOUT SOMEONE ESLE DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO TO THAT PERSONS DEFENSE,,WOULDN'T YOU WANT SOMEONE TO DO THAT FOR YOU?..AND WE ALL KNOW SOME FEMALES CAN BE A LITTLE MORE VINDICTIVE THAN OTHERS ..SO MY HIP HOP FAMILY BE AWARE OF WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND PROTECT YOUR HEART AGAINST GOSSIP ,,,TRUST ME ON THIS ONE ,,I CARE ABOUT YOU GUYS AND WANT THE BEST FOR YOU...AND YO THATS MY WORD,,YA HEARD?...
DENA'S WORD - 05-Oct-08 at 11:50 AM

WELL AFTER WAY TOO LONG..I AM FINALLY BACK ON TRACK WITH "DENAS WORD".. I JUST READ SOME OF THE ONES I HAD WRITTEN AND WOW..I EVEN IMPRESSED MYSELF..HEHE...NO,, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOD INSPIRED AND NOT BY MY OWN HAND,,OK..SO I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WORD "CHANGE"..I HAVE REALLY HAD TO THINK ON THIS WORD FOR AWHILE,,I RECENTLY HAD A SITUATION WHERE I REALLY HAD TO PONDER THE WORD "CHANGE".. IS IT ALWAYS FOR THE BETTER..WELL LET'S USE THE WORD IN A WAY WE HEAR IT ON THE DAILY..." CHANGE IN WEATHER',,"CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES", CHANGE YOUR JOB",,LETS EXCHANGE PRESENTS"'..EXCHANGE IS ALSO A FORM OF THAT WORD..SO CAN CHANGE ALWAYS MEAN A GOOD THING..CHANGE IN WEATHER CAN BE GOOD OR BAD,,CHANGE YOU CLOTHES CAN MAKE YOU LOOK BETTER OR WORSE, EXCHANGE PRESENTS,,WELL WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THE ONE WE WANT!!!..WELL IN THE SITUATION THAT AROSE JUST RECENTLY IN MY LIFE..I CAN SAY I WAS NOT FEELING THE WORD "CHANGE"..I WAS SAD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS LOOKING LIKE IT WAS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT IN MY FAVOR..AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN IN MY LIFE FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME,, SO AT FIRST I HAD A MINI MELTDOWN,,THEN I TURNED TO PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO I KNEW WOULD TAKE MY SIDE AND TELL ME ALL THE THINGS I WANTED TO HEAR!!...OK SO NOW YOU KNOW WE ALL DO THAT..WE ALWAYS WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE OUR SIDE EVEN IF MAYBE WE ARE NOT ALWAYS THE ONE WHO IS RIGHT!!!..IN MY SITUATION THERE WAS NOT REALLY A RIGHT OR WRONG WAY,,IT WAS A MATTER OF CHANGE...WELL I HAVE A VERY CLOSE FRIEND WHO I CALLED AND I KNEW SHE WOULD GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT,, WHICH SHE DID!!..SHE SAID TO ME SOMETHING TO THIS EFFECT "DENA,, I DONT AGREE WITH WHATS HAPPENING AND I KNOW YOU ARE HURT AND I AM SURE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU,,BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS WILL COME AS A RESULT OF THIS "CHANGE'.. AND WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES ANOTHER ONE WILL OPEN...(AND SHE WAS RIGHT,,I HAD HEARD THAT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TELLING ME WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR)..AND SO SHE CONTINUED TO SAY " WELL THATS GREAT ADVICE BUT LETS KEEP IT REAL,,AS OF RIGHT NOW,,A DOOR IS CLOSED, NOT OPEN,,BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU,,AND I AM SURE YOU ARE QUESTIONING YOUR SELF ESTEEM BECAUSE OF THIS SO CALLED "CHANGE"..I WAS LIKE..WOW,,MY HOMEGIRL IS KEEPIN IT REALER THAN I WANTED TO HEAR!!..BUT SHE WAS RIGHT,,I HAD TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES,,JUST BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE DOESNT MEAN THE OTHER PERSON IS IN THE WRONG...THEY MAY LOOKING AT IT AS A BENEFIT TO THEM ,,I HAD TO SNAP OUT OF MY WANTING MY OWN WAY AND REALIZE THAT CHANGE IS GOOD AND YES,,,A DOOR WILL OPEN BUT MAYBE NOT IN THE TIMEFRAME I AM WANTING IT TO BE...YOU SEE GOD DOES NOT SEE TIME,,,WE CANNOT PUT A LIMIT ON TIME,,WE CANT GET BACK ANY SECOND THAT HAS PASSED AND WE CANT GET BACK THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN OUR LIFE,,WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT THEM, ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND EMBRACE THEM...SO TODAY AS EACH HOUR PASSES AND THINGS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY,EMBRACE IT, AND KNOW THAT LIFE IS CHANGE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT,,AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT CHANGE,,,AND YO,,THATS MY WORD,,,IT;S BEEN WAY TOO LONG..I AM BACK YA'LL!!!!
DENA'S WORD - 08-May-08 at 02:33 PM

RIGHT NOW I AM HAVING MOMENTS OF REFLECTION AND CLARITY..LET ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU FROM MY HEART...THIS "DENAS WORD" IS MOSTLY DEDICATED TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE EVER EVER TAKEN A CLASS FROM ME....THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I LOOK INTO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOUR FACES AND SEE YOUR REAL LOVE FOR WHAT I SO BELIEVE IN...HIP HOP...THE COOL THING IS SO MANY OF YOU WERE NOT BIG HIP HOP LOVERS AT FIRST AND THEN I GET SO MANY BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES SAYING THAT YOU FINALLY GOT HIP HOP AND UNDERSTOOD IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME...THAT MAKES MY HEART SMILE...I NO LONGER LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE THAT GIRL WHO WAS TOLD "IT PROBALY WOULD NEVER HAPPEN FOR ME, THAT I SHOULD GIVE UP ON THIS DREAM OF HIP HOP'..BUT I NEVER DID AND NOW THANKS TO ALL OF YOU I AM LIVING THAT DREAM AND I JUST WANTED ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU,,,YOUR DANCE TEACHERS, YOUR PARENTS AND ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS YOUR LOVE OF DANCE.....IT IS TRULY BECAUSE OF YOU AND THE GOD GIVEN GIFT THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO DO SOMETHING I HAVE WANTED FOREVER....SO PRESS ON IN YOUR LIFE AND NEVER LOSE FOCUS..TRUST ME..YOU CAN GET WHATEVER YOU WANT IN LIFE...AND THATS MY WORD STRAIGHT TO ALL OF YOU...MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT...
DENA'S WORD - 11-Oct-06 at 10:36 PM

MY DEAR HIP HOP FAMILY...I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THIS YEAR TO MAKE GOOD,HEALTHY CHOICES FOR YOUR LIFE..BE SELECTIVE IN WHO YOU CHOOSE AS FRIENDS,THEY SHOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE ,NEVER HATE...TREAT EACH PERSON THE WAY YOU LIKE TO BE TREATED, AND REMEMBER GOSSIP AND RUMORS CAN REALLY HURT A PERSON..I KNOW THIS SOUNDS HARSH BUT I SPEAK ALOT FROM EXPERIENCE...ALLOW GOOD ENERGY IN YOUR LIVES,,AND THIS YEAR MAKE A DECISION TO DANCE "OUTSIDE THE BOX",,TRY SOMETHING NEW AND IF YOU FAIL AT FIRST,,KEEP AT IT...YOU KNOW YOU GONNA GET IT CUZ YA;LL GOT IT LIKE THAT!!! BELIEVE IN WHO YOU ARE AND NEVER LET ANYONE OR ANY SITUATION GET IN THE WAY OF THE AWESOME GIFTS GAVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU...STEP UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND DO IT PROUDLY..I WILL BE THERE WAITING,,,AND THATS MY WORD...
DENA'S WORD - 07-Sep-06 at 11:59 PM

HAS THERE EVER BEEN A POINT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAVE GIVEN AND GIVEN TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AND IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS NOT APPRECIATED OR THAT YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE WATCHING IT SLIP AWAY WHILE YOU STOOD THERE HELPLESS...I THINK WE ALL HAVE...IT CAN BE A VERY SMALL THING SUCH AS SOMEONE NOT RETURNING A PHONECALL OR A VERY BIG THING THAT RIPS A HOLE IN YOUR SOUL...AND YOU KEEP HITTING THE "REPLAY " BUTTON OVER AND OVER AGAIN....REWIND AND REPLAY...AND YOU KNOW EACH TIME YOU DO THAT THE SITUATION GROWS AND EATS AT YOU...GOD DOES NOT WANT US TO LIVE IN THE "REWIND" MODE,,HE WANTS US TO MOVE FORWARD..THINK ON THIS...WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITLY TO LOOK BACK, PRESS REWIND, REPLAY BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESS FAST FORWARD...THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE REALLY BEEN THINKING ON BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF PRESSING THE REWIND AND FEELING MORE ANGRY, HURT AND SAD EACH TIME I WOULD DO IT..BUT AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THE FAST FORWARD BUTTON, I RELIZED I CANT DO THAT ,WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESS FAST FORWARD...WHY CANT I SEE WHATS UP AHEAD,HOW MY LIFE IS GOING TO UNFOLD ,,WHO IS GOING TO REALLY HAVE MY BACK..AND GOD SPOKE TO ME AND SAID.."LIVE IN THE NOW, I KNOW THE PATH I HAVE LAID BEFORE YOU,,ONE THAT IS FULL OF SURPRISES IF ONLY YOU WILL LOOK TO ME FOR THE FUTURE, I HAVE YOUR BACK, I ALWAYS HAVE AND I ALWAYS WILL"...SO WHAT I AM REALLY GETTING AT IS UNFORTUNALTLY PEOPLE LET US DOWN, SOMETIMES THEY DONT MEAN TO BUT ITS JUST THE WAY WE ARE MADE..WE MAKE MISTAKES BUT WE CANT LIVE IN THE REWIND,,,KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD OUT THERE WHO LOVES YOU AND WANTS THE VERY BEST FOR YOU...ITS TIME TO LIVE IN THE NOW..PRESS FORWARD , NOT LOOKING BACK AND I PROMISE LIFE WILL BE AN EXCITING JOURNEY!!!...AND YO,,THATS MY WORD,,TODAY JULY 6 2006..YA FEEL ME...
DENA'S WORD - 06-Jul-06 at 10:04 AM

I WAS JUST READING OVER SOME OF "DENAS WORD' AND I NOTICED THAT ALOT OF THEM WERE ABOUT BEING HURT, LEFT OUT AND FEELING LIKE I STAND OUT IN THAT" WEIRD CANT FIGURE ME OUT KIND OF WAY" AND YES I HAVE HAD EVERY FEELING I WRITE ABOUT,,,BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT..THE DAY AFTER NEW YEARS EVE I FELT AS IF GOD HAD GIVEN ME SOMETHING TO THINK ON FOR 2006,,,SO HERE IT IS...I HAVE HEARD THIS SAYING MANY TIMES WHEN THINGS DO NOT GO OUR WAY..I HAVE EVEN SAID IT SEVERAL TIMES MYSELF..."WELL, IT WAS JUST THE HAND I WAS DEALT"..WELL IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARDS ,, YOU KNOW THERE IS NOT A GAME OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN'T CHANGE CARDS,GET A NEW HAND, PICK TILL YOU GET THE RIGHT CARD, FOLD AND START OVER....WOW...THAT HIT ME HARD..I REALIZED THAT I CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM HURTING ME,STARING AT ME.. BUT I REALIZED I CAN CHANGE THE GAME...YA FEEL ME...WE ARE IN CHARGE OF HOW WE ARE AFFECTED BY OTHER PEOPLES PROJECTION ONTO US...I HAVE RECENTLY RELOCATED TO A NEW APT. IN NEW YORK..IT WAS HARD BUT MAN,,,EACH DAY I WAKE UP WITH A NEW HAND OF CARDS, READY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL THEM...I KNOW THIS ONE IS KIND OF DEEP BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS GET ME..AND YOU GUYS ARE WHO I WRITE FOR..SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS FELT THIS AND RELATES...I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN...YOU GUYS ARE MY HIP HOP FAMILY AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN ME THAT PERFECT HAND OF CARDS AND FOR THAT I THANK YOU,,AND THATS MY WORD.......WORD IS BORN
DENA'S WORD - 02-Mar-06 at 02:59 AM

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HURT BY SOMEONE SO DEEPLY THAT IT FELT LIKE IT PIERCED YOUR SOUL AND THAT YOU JUST CAN'T GET OVER IT...WELL I HAVE MANY TIMES BUT JUST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED AND FROM SOMEONE I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD DO THAT TO ME...GUYS I HAVE TO EXPRESS TO YOU THAT SOMETIMES YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND AND THAT THEY COULD NEVER SAY OR DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD HURT YOUR HEART AND BREAK IT..BUT GUESS WHAT,,THEY DO...SOME PEOPLE JUST LET YOU DOWN AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY DON'T DO IT INTENTIONALLY, THAT THEY JUST ARE NOT THINKING WHEN THE WORDS FLY OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS...GOD HAS SHOWN ME SOMETHING THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND IT IS THAT I MUST DEPEND SOLELY ON HIM,,HE PROMISES TO NEVER LET YOU OR ME DOWN...EACH DAY FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS I WOULD WAKE UP FEELING SO HURT INSIDE AND ALONE ,,THEN IT WAS LIKE GOD SAID TO ME,,"DENA,, I AM HERE..I WILL NOT HURT YOU OR LET YOU DOWN.. JUST LET IT ALL GO AND I PROMISE I WILL BE YOUR SPRINGBOARD"...AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHEN I DECIDED TO PUT HIM TO THE TEST HE DID COME THROUGH AND EACH DAY MY HEART DOESNT HURT QUITE AS MUCH AND THE TEARS DON'T FLOW QUITE SO FREQUENTLY...I AM WAKING UP WITH A PEACE IN MY HEART...REMEMBER IF SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING AND IT HURTS AND THEY CONTINUE TO HURT YOU,,,GET THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE,,I PROMISE YOU GOD WILL REPLACE THEM WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE YOU MORE AND MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE PERSON YOU ARE....AND FROM ME TO YOU..THATS MY WORD...SPREAD IT...
DENA'S WORD - 08-Feb-06 at 07:53 PM

HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HAD THE FEELING OF BEING LEFT OUT,,YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN..BEING AROUND PEOPLE AND FEELING INVISABLE? I HAVE,, IT HAS JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY..ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS..IT SUCKS!!!!!..YOU KNOW GROWING UP , I REMEMBER IN SCHOOL WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO PLAY SPORTS OR SOME OTHER "TEAM" EVENT AND THEY HAD THE CAPTAINS WHO WOULD PICK ONE AT A TIME WHO THEY WANTED ON THEIR TEAM,,WELL I WAS USUALLY THE LAST ONE STANDING...I HATED THAT SYSTEM,,ITS LIKE WHO APPOINTED THESE PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND WHO ARE THEY TO TELL ME IF I AM COOL OR NOT OR WORTHY OF BEING ON THEIR TEAM,,,BACK THEN IT REALLY BOTHERED ME..NOW AS AN ADULT I SEE THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THAT KID WHO DIDNT GET PICKED BUT ONLY IF YOU LET THEM,,,,,RECENTLY MY FEELINGS WERE HURT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT AT THAT MOMENT I DECIDED NOT TO GIVE THEM THE POWER TO MAKE ME FEEL LEFT OUT AND ALL ALONE...I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM AND WHAT I HAVE BECOME BUT YES,, IT STILL HURTS,,WE ALL WANT EVERYONE TO ACCEPT US..BUT REMEMBER MY LITTLE HIP HOP FRIENDS..PEOPLE WILL NEVER LOVE YOU THE WAY GOD CAN OR THE WAY YOU CAN ..MY DESIRE IS THAT ALL OF YOU REALIZE HOW VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE YOU ARE AND TAKE CHARGE OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING IN LIFE,,,DONT LET PEOPLE SLOW YOU DOWN..KEEP STEPPIN AND BELIEVE IN THE PERSON YOU ARE AND NOT THE PERSON OTHER PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE YOU BECOME,,,AND THATS MY WORD,,,NO DOUBT!!!
DENA'S WORD - 11-Dec-05 at 07:32 PM

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AROUND PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO TRY AND TEAR YOU DOWN,PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DIS ON OTHERS,PEOPLE WHO WILL LIE RIGHT TO YOUR FACE AND NOT EVER FEEL BAD ABOUT THEIR DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR..I CALL THEM TOXIC PEOPLE...YES,,IT HAPPENS TO ME, AND AT FIRST I FOUND MYSELF GETTING ALL ANGRY AND ALMOST FALLING INTO THE SAME BEHAVIOR BUT THEN I REALIZED PEEPS LIKE THAT ARE UNHAPPY, INSECURE AND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE YOU FEEL AS MISERABLE AS THEY DO...THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HELP PEEPS LIKE THAT IS TO PRAY FOR THEM,,,MAN,,IT IS HAS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS TO ME,,BUT INSTEAD OF DISSING THEM IN RETURN I HAVE CHOSE TO BE THE STONGER PERSON AND JUST GIVE IT TO GOD,,,AS DANCERS,SOMETIMES ITS EASY TO FEEL INTIMIDATED,,YA FEEL ME..MAYBE YOUR LEG DOESNT GO UP AS HIGH AS THE NEXT PERSON OR THAT U MAY HAVE A HARDER TIME GETTING CHOROEGRAPHY AND BECAUSE WE MAY FEEL INSECURE,IT SHOWS ON OUR FACE AND GIVES "THE TOXIC PEEPS' A CHANCE TO TEAR US DOWN,,BUT DO NOT, DO NOT LET PEOPLE LIKE THAT DO THAT TO YOU..YOU ARE YOU JUST THE WAY GOD MADE YA..SO ON THAT NOTE I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A POEM I WROTE ONE DAY WHEN I WAS FEELING A LITTLE LONELY AND INSECURE,,,YES MY HIP HOP FAMILY,,I TOO FIGHT THOSE FEELINGS...... OK,,HERES THE POEM.. "AS I SIT HERE ALONE IN A CITY OF MILLIONS, I HAVE REALIZED THAT I CANNOT DEPEND ON THESE PEOPLE FOR MY FEELINGS...YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO YOU THINK VALIDATE YOU, TELL YOU THOSE THINGS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR, BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU,YO,JUST LET IT GO IN AND OUT ONE EAR...THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER THE MOST WILL BE THE FIRST TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE,THE ONES TO ENCOURAGE YOU,NEVER HATE NOR DISCRIMINATE BUT DETERMINE YOUR FATE..BE SILENT,BE PATIENT AND LISTEN TO THAT INNER VOICE, GOD GAVE IT TO ALL OF US HE KNOWS WE WILL MAKE THE CORRECT CHOICE.." SO GUYS I KNOW SOMETIMES LIFE CAN BE HARD BUT BE THE BIGGER PERSON,,SHOW THESE TOXIC PEEPS THAT THEY CANNOT GET TO YOU AND I PROMISE YOU GOD WILL REWARD YOU FOR YOUR DECISIONS...I LOVE YOU GUYS,,AND YO,,THATS MY WORD...
DENA'S WORD - 20-Oct-05 at 03:09 PM

THE AFTERMATH..........WHEN I LOOK AT THE IMAGES ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN, FACES OF DESPERATION AND BROKENESS IS ALL THAT IS SEEN....IN JUST A MOMENTS TIME THEY LOST EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVER HAD, CAN YOU EVEN CONCEIVE THAT IN YOUR MIND, YO, THATS EVEN MORE THAN SAD....EVEN I HAVE QUESTIONED GOD IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT THIS IS JUST ME ,,I BELIEVE WE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS...WILL THIS DISASTER BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER OR TEAR THEM APART, WILL THEY ENOUGH STRENGTH TO DIG DEEP IN THEIR HEART?...I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE PAIN THAT THEY FEEL, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THEIR INNER WOUNDS TO HEAL??..I THINK WE SHOULD ALL TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK THIS SITUATION THROUGH, ASK GOD TO GUIDE US IN ANYTHING WE CAN DO.....PRAY,MEDITATE, KEEP THE IMAGES IN YOUR HEAD BUT REMEMBER GOD IS IN CONTROL, SO DO NOT BE MISLEAD...I'M GONNA COME WITH WITH IT AND I CAN ONLY DO ME,,BUT I HAVE BEGGED GOD TO HELP ME SEE HOW SUCH A TRAUMATIC THING COULD BE, WHEN I PUT MY TRUST IN GOD AND ONLY IN HE...AS I SAT HERE HELPLESS, I FELT AS IF I HEARD THE LORD SAY "THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM, GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY" AND YO THATS MY WORD STRAIGHT UP....
DENA'S WORD - 02-Sep-05 at 01:18 PM

THIS A NEW DAY THAT PEACE HAS BROUGHT, THESE KIND OF MOMENTS CAN'T BE PURCHASED OR BOUGHT..MY SEARCH FOR INNER PEACE CAN ONLY COME FROM WITHIN, AS I PUT BEFOE MY GOD MY UNFORGIVEN SIN, AND I KNOW THAT HE LISTENS AND CAST THEM INTO THE SEA, THAT IS HIS WORD AND IT WILL FOREVER BE. THE TIMES I QUESTION IF I AM SUPPOSE TO BE LIVING HERE THEN OUT OF NOWHERE SOMETHING NEW WILL APPPEAR, APPEAR BEFORE MY EYES AND GIVE ME A REASON TO KNOW THAT I AM HERE FOR MANY A SEASON. I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY, IT IS THE ONE THE LORD HAS MADE, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE PATH THAT HE HAS LAID...YO, THATS MY WORD...FEEL IT
DENA'S WORD - 22-Aug-05 at 01:55 PM

LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET TO KNOW ME,,,READ DENAS WORD..BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I REALLY LAY IT DOWN...I MUST TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS HURT MY FEEELINGS VERY DEEPLY...I AM SO SURE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THIS...THE OTHER DAY A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO ACTUALLY I HAVE NOT SEEN IN A FEW YEARS TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE HAD SAID ABOUT ME,,,,IT WAS COMPLETLY UNTRUE AND SUCH A SLANDEROUS RUMOR THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT COULD EFFECT MY CAREER AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT DANCE IS THE AIR I BREATHE..WHAT BOTHERED ME WAS THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS TALKING SMACK ABOUT ME WAS SOMEONE I THOUGHT WAS A FRIEND..MY HOMEGIRL WHO TOLD ME SAID IT UPSET HER SO MUCH AND THAT SHE DEFENDED ME AND HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM...WELL YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK,,, NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO LIKE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU HOPE THEY WOULD AND THE QUICKER WE ALL LEARN THAT THE BETTER...I SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS PRAYING ABOUT IT AND FIGURED THE BEST THING TO DO WAS TO CONFRONT THE PERSON,,,WHICH I DID AND OF COURSE THEY TOTALLY DENIED IT...WELL THERE WERE SEVERAL PEEPS THAT HEARD IT SO I KNOW IT HAPPENED...MY POINT IS THIS...GUYS WE ARE NEVER GOING TO PLEASE EVERYONE BUT PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,,AND YO I AM SPEAKING TO MYSELF..THE HURTFUL PART OF THIS SITUATION IS THAT I THOUGHT ME AND THIS PERSON WERE COOL...I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM,,,SO THAT GOES TO SHOW,,MAN IT DONT MATTER,,,PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO THERE OWN CONCLUSIONS AND TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DEGRADE YOU TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER...GOD SAYS IN THE BIBLE..."BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT"..I TOO, LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON FROM THIS...FROM NOW ON WHEN I AM IN A ROOM AND PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE,,,WHETHER I KNOW THEM OR NOT,,,I WILL REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE SITUATION,,..IT IS NOT PLEASING TO GOD..I GUESS THE POINT OF THIS WORD IS,,WE ALL HAVE FEEELINGS,, AND EVEN THO PEOPLE SEE ME UP ON A STAGE DANCING AND SMILING AND LOVING THE GIFT GOD HAD GIVEN ME DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM NOT A REAL PERSON WITH REAL FEELINGS...THANKS FOR LISTENING,,AND YO THATS MY WORD..
DENA'S WORD - 17-Aug-05 at 04:56 PM

YOU KNOW HOW PLACES, SITUATIONS CAN CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW CLOSE TO HOME YOU ARE OR HOW VERY FAR...IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT FIGHT SO DEEP INSIDE, SOMETHINGS I TRY TO HIDE AND IN GOD I CONFIDE..THE GOODNESS AND THE SADNESS THAT TEARS ME APART BUT THE ONLY WAY I CAN PULL THRU IS KNOWING THAT GOD SEES MY HEART. I TRULY WANT TO SURRENDER AND GIVE HIM MY ALL BUT SOMETIMES IT SEEMS SO HARD AND I STUMBLE AND FALL...BUT IN GOD I TRUST AND PUT NO MAN BEFORE HIM, I SEE MYSELF HANGING ON A VERY THIN LIMB, ONE THAT COULD SNAP AND FALL TOMORROW, BRING ME MUCH GRIEF AND VERY DEEP SORROW.. BUT I HOLD FAST TO THE ONE WHO LIVES WITHIN AND KNOW THAT I KNOW HE HAS DELIEVERD ME FROM MY SIN....AND YO, THATS MY WORD..
DENA'S WORD - 17-Aug-05 at 04:38 PM

JUNE 16 THIS IS CALLED "RIGHT NOW" SO MUCH CAN CHANGE IN ONLY ONE DAY, LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE OUR WAY. I LOOK BACK ON THE MONTH WHEN I WENT BACK HOME, IT WAS BITTERSWEET, EMOTIONAL AND THEN SOME....WHAT ABOUT THESE STREETS OF NEW YORK, CAN I CALL THEM MY OWN?,OR HAVE THEY BEEN PUT BEFORE ME JUST ON LOAN....WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS I KNOW I BELONG HERE, DON'T DISCRIMATE, HATE, DOMINATE, JUST HELP ME CREATE. I JUST WANT THIS ONE DAY, THIS VERY ONE..THATS WHAT GOD TOLD US THRU HIS SON....DO I FEEL WELL IN MY SOUL WHEN MOST OF THE TIME I STEP ALONE... I KNOW "JESUS WALKS" THATS THE STORY KANYE TOLD....DOES THE STORY END HERE BECAUSE MY MIND GETS DISTRACTED, ATTRACTED TO ALL THATS AROUND, I'M IN MY OWN HEAD NOW AND THIS SOUND IS STRAIGHT SURROUND!!...MUSIC IS WHAT GETS ME THRU ALL THESE DARK EMOTIONS, JUSTN SAID "CRY ME A RIVER"..MAN I'M TALKING OCEANS... BUT THATS THE PLACE WHERE YOU PURGE YOUR FEELINGS AND WITH OPEN HEART, EXTENDED HAND EXPECT INNER HEALING...REMEMBER SO MUCH CAN CHANGE IN JUST ONE DAY..LET IT UNFOLD HOWEVER IT MAY....AND YO, THATS MY WORD...
DENA'S WORD - 21-Jun-05 at 10:03 AM

I WAS TALKING EARLIER ON THE MESSAGE BOARD ABOUT FEELING DISCOURAGED AND ALONE...I THINK WE ALL HAVE FELT THAT..AFTER HAVING A FIRE IN MY APT. LAST WEEK AND REALIZING HOW BLESSED I WAS TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO IT BEFORE I HAD A MAJOR SITUATION ON MY HANDS WAS ALOT TO TAKE IN... I KNEW I HAD ALOT OF WORK TO DO AND I ALSO KNEW I DID NOT KNOW MANY PEOPLE HERE SO I FELT SO ALONE...BUT GOD IS SO AWESOME AND NOW ITS ALL FIXED...DO I STILL FEEL ALONE,,,WELL YES,,,NEW YORK IS A HARD CITY ...I FOUND MYSELF NOT ENJOYING THIS AMAZING PLACE I LIVE IN BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW MANY PEOPLE..THEN I WOULD GET DIS COURAGED BECAUSE I WOULD LET THINGS SLIP BY THAT I WANTED TO DO BUT WOULD NOT BECAUSE WELL, I WAS ALONE...SEE THE CYCLE HERE..ITS KEEPS GOING AND GOING...YOU FEEL ME...PEOPLE LOOK AT ME AND THINK I ALWAYS HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BUT THATS O.K.,,BUT WHATS NOT O.K. IS LETTING IT CONTINUE TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR LIFE....GUYS,,WE GO AROUND ON THIS EARTH ONE TIME,,EACH MOMENT THAT SLIPS BY,,YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK..GOD TELLS US WE ARE PROMISED THIS DAY, THIS DAY ONLY..SO LIVE IT,,AND LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST,,MY PRAYER FOR EACH OF YOU IS THAT YOU KNOW YOUR WORTH..LADIES..DON'T LET GUYS DISRESPECT YOU AND GUYS DON'T BE DISRESPECTING THE LADIES..AND VICE VERSA..GOD CREATED EACH ONE OF YOU UNIQUELY,,WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT BUT INSIDE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS,,SO ALWAYS RESPECT YOURSELF...AND YO, THATS MY WORD..
DENA'S WORD - 12-Apr-05 at 04:24 PM

I RECIEVED AN EMAIL FROM BRAD...AND IT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS PIECE IN DENA'S WORD.. I BEGIN TEACHING BRAD AROUND AGE 10..HE WAS AN AMAZING KID THEN...HE WAS TALENTED IN EVERTHING,DANCE,SPORTS,ART,MUSIC, AND KID GOT MADD RAP SKILLS..I MEAN HE HAS IT ALL...YOU HEAR THE SAYING "TRIPLE THREAT",,DUDE IS A MULTI-THREAT!! DON'T EVEN GET IT TWISTED!!!,,I SAW IN HIM WHAT HE DID NOT SEE..BRAD GREW UP DANCING WITH CHRISTOPHER JONES,,ONE OF MY STUDENTS WHO HAS GONE ON TO L.A. AND PLAYED WADE IN "YOU GOT SERVED" AS WELL AS ACTED IN LOTS OF TV SHOWS, MOVIES AND MUSIC VIDEOS,,CHRIS WAS A GREAT TALENT, AND I KNEW HE WOULD GO ON TO AMAZING THINGS,,BUT BRAD,,HE HAD MADD SOUL..IT WAS IN HIM..WHITE BOY GOT GAME!!!!!..AS HE GREW,,HE STEPPED AWAY FROM DANCE FOR A HOT MINUTE BUT IT DREW HIM BACK..AND AFTER THAT IT WAS ON!!!..I KNOW I PUSHED BRAD ALOT,,MADE HIM DO CRAZY PERFORMANCE ART,,WEAR AFRO WIGS,,TIGHT POLYESTER SUITS,,ANYTHING I ASKED OF BRAD , HE NEVER QUESTIONED,,HE ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND BROUGHT IT!!!..WHEN I MOVED TO NEW YORK..HE ONCE AGAIN STEPPED UP, TOOK ON THE HUGE RESPONSIBILTY OF TEACHING ALL OF MY STUDENTS AND NEVER ONCE QUESTIONED HIS ABILITY TO DO SO, AND FOR THAT I THANK HIM,,,SO NOW YOU KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT THE GUY WHO INSPIRED THIS MESSAGE...BRAD'S EMAIL IS THE REASON I DO WHAT I DO..I TOLD BRAD THAT AS DANCERS WE CONTINUALLY QUESTION AND CHALLENGE OURSELVES..GUYS, AS DANCERS YOU WILL GO THRU MANY CHANGES..SOMETIMES DANCE WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND AND OTHER TIMES YOU FEEL AS IF IT IS YOUR ENEMY...BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE,,IT IS ALWAYS IN YOUR SOUL..ONCE IT IS THERE , IT IS NEVER LEAVING...YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ON MY CHILDHOOD DANCE EXPERIENCES..YOU KNOW, BEING THAT AWKWARD SKINNY KID ON THE BACK ROW,,BEING TOLD MY PARENTS SHOULD SAVE THERE MONEY AND I SHOULD FIND A NEW "HOBBY"...YO,,,NEWFLASH...DANCE WAS NOT MY "HOBBY",, IT WAS INSIDE ME,,AND TRUST ,MY DANCE TEACHER NEVER SAW NOR TOOK THE TIME TO SEE THAT "I GOT IT,,,I MEAN I REALLY GET THIS DANCE THING!!"""..SO FROM ME TO YOU,,NEVER QUESTION THAT YOU GOT IT,,, I HAVE A SECRET PLACE,,THATS THE PLACE YOU GO TO PERFECT YOUR SKILLS,,,WHILE IN THE SECRET PLACE,,ITS JUST YOU AND THE DANCE,,WORK IN THAT SECRET PLACE AND WHEN YOU COME OUT,,ITS NO SECRET ANYMORE,,YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY...YOU SEE,,BRAD GOT IT,,HE REALIZED THAT HIS DANCE IS WHO HE IS..ITS NOT A SECRET ANYMORE,,AND YOU KNOW HOW WE ALL LOVE TO TELL SECRETS,, IT WELLS UP INSIDE OF YOU AND YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT TO LET IT OUT!!!...ARE YA FEELIN ME....SO THERE IS A LITTLE MORAL TO THIS STORY..KEEP THE SECRET INSIDE AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO,,AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT,,THEN WHEN ITS TIME..BAMM!!! LET IT OUT ..PASS IT ON..BECAUSE EACH DAY WILL BRING YOU A NEW SECRET TO SHARE,,A WHOLE LIFETIME FULL OF GREAT, AMAZING, EXCITING SECRETS..AND YO,,THATS MY WORD!!!!..
DENA'S WORD - 20-Jan-05 at 04:25 PM

YOU KNOW SO MANY TIMES WHEN I AM TEACHING ALL OF YOU GUYS,, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE KNOWN ALL OF YOU FOR A LONG TIME...EVEN IF I PASS THRU ONCE I SEEM TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE CONNECTION..I THOUGHT AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND IT FINALLY DAWNED ON ME..THE REASON I CONNECT IS BECAUSE I SEE MYSELF IN ALL OF YOU...OUR SOULS AND SPIRIT CONNECT AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE WE ALL SHARING THE SAME LOVE, THE SAME INTEREST AND PASSION...MAN, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE CONNECTED LIKE THAT WITH EVERYONE!!!! BUT UNFORTUNATLY THATS NOT THE CASE.....SEE, I WAS THAT KID WHO NEVER SEEMED TO QUITE FIT IT (IMAGINE THAT!!) I HAD A GREAT FAMILY WHO LOVED ME,,BUT TO EVERYONE ELSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT "DIFFERENT" I ALWAYS WONDERED WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND I HEARD PEOPLE SAY " YES, DENA'S A BIT DIFFERENT, SHE'LL GROW OUT OF IT!" I WAS ALL LIKE" DIFFERENT? WHAT ABOUT PRETTY?, SMART? HONEST? AND THEN I REALIZED PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT ALWAYS HAVE AN OPINION... AND AS I GOT OLDER, IT SEEMED TO HURT A LITTLE MORE...BUT I KNEW THAT GOD HAD CREATED ME AND HE WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED BY MY SO CALLED "DIFFERENTNESS!!!"...NOW I EMBRACE WHO I AM AND KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF YOU ACCEPT ME AND I TOO, ACCEPT ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT AND "DIFFERENT " QUALITYS YOU POSSESS...SO ON THIS DAY...COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN WITH WHO U ARE, PEOPLE U CAN LAUGH WITH, CRY WITH AND OF COURSE PEEPS WHO U CAN GET DOWN AND GET YOUR DANCE ON WITH, AND KNOW THAT BEING "DIFFERENT" IS YOUR ONLY OPTION,,,AND YO, THATS MY WORD!!!!!
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