Tammy Vitale – Saunter and Sashay
“The Universe sent out (as always) an interesting note for the day this past week: ‘Expect miracles, Tammy. Don’t attach to unimportant details. Don’t insist ‘how’ your dreams will come true. Prepare to be amazed. Feel the joy when you daydream. Take baby steps in the dark. Every single day physically do something about your dreams. And most important, saunter.’
I posted it on my FaceBook because ‘saunter’ seemed like a good thing to do – my definition: stroll with attitude. Which sounded like a good practice since between Mercury going retrograde and the Full Moon I was anything but sauntering around. More stamping and stomping than sauntering.
Dreams will come true. Prepare to be amazed. Feel the joy when you daydream. Take baby steps in the dark. Every single day physically do something about your dreams. And most important, saunter.’
It spiked a discussion in which FB friend Sue noted that she likes sashay better, and of course it sounded even better to me than saunter because my Momma used to say: ‘You sashay yourself right over here, Yung’un’ when I was maybe going a bit out of my boundaries (not necessarily good as a yung’un but waaaay good at my age).
I think words sort of take on their own meanings with use. Often those meanings are couched in the story where the word finds itself. For instance: I love you can mean: I want to have sex with you; I want to spend my life with you; you make me feel at my best; I want you to just change this little thing about yourself; I want you to wait on me because I’m needy; I want you to think and feel for me because I can’t, etc.
When I think of ‘sashay’ my story includes a taste of spice, a hint of saucy and a good portion sassy. Saunter has a story, yes, and it can be a very self-possessed one. But sashay is a whole ‘nother thing. It’s quicker, lighter on its feet and absolutely full of itself.
I looked up sashay. Turns out it refers to chasse, a dance step, which is any 3-part step that is: step, together, step. Which brought sashay into a whole new light for me.
Step: movement; together: rest, reflect on that movement; step: next movement.
It can be forward, backwards, sideways or circular.
As Fabeku would say: a true case of awesomeness! (or something else that sounds much more boisterously joyful but you get the idea). Along with a bit of the exotic in the sound and a whole lotta ‘You Go Woman!’ in the execution.
I think I must now sashay though life. I don’t have to move forward (big, bigger, biggest, BIGGER, BIGGEREST as urged by way more than one internet guru these days), I can move sideways or even backwards for a while (wait! I have to go back and see what just happened…rebuild a bit…rethink a bit), reflect, and then decide on where I want to go next.”
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Image in the post is Vitale’s Saunter, from her post.
