Dreams do come true!

I was a high school freshman when I first heard the Gipsy Kings. From the first listen, I felt an incredible aliveness coursing through my body. I went out that day and bought the CD. This was one of maybe five or ten CD’s that I owned at the time, so I listened to it a lot.

It’s hard to explain the impact the Gipsy Kings had on me. When I’m dancing to Gipsy Kings, it’s pure ecstasy. I’m completely alive, with zero doubts (as you can see in this video ). Dancing to a few of their songs can get me through a whole day. That feeling in my body just makes everything I do more FUN. This music inspired me to dance and to dream. I dreamed of being a jet-setting international businesswoman and traveling to alllll the Spanish speaking countries. The powerful, passionate helped me flesh out what that would feel like: the fun I would have partying in Barcelona and dancing in Madrid. But the music also helped me feel at home in my own body, knowing I didn’t need to go anywhere to have a good time.

I loved the Gipsy Kings so much that from the age of 15-40, I fantasized about dancing on stage with them, being able to express my gratitude to these men while letting their music move every cell in my body. When I was 37, I went to my first Gipsy Kings concert. I was by myself and I had a lawn ticket. I danced my heart out all night long, nudging my way up to the space in front of the first row of chairs. I wanted SOOO badly to hop up there and dance with them. But it seemed just out of reach.

When a new friend offered to take me to a GK concert a few days ago, I squealed with delight, but I also imagined the pang of being so close to a dream and then having it slip away again. Oh, well! I decided to just go and dance and enjoy my time in the audience like everybody else, haha.

And then!! We ended up in the first row. Out of the corner of my eye, I see two tipsy ladies begging the bouncer to let them on stage. Without hesitation, I stepped up behind them. One of the guys in the band motioned for him to let us up, and ….. the rest is a story of me living my dream for five whole minutes!!!

I have no idea why this has been such a vibrantly clear desire of mine for all these years. But I know that dreams do come true!