It's been quite an experience working with April Witt from the Washington Post. From interviews, emails and phone conversations. Photographers and photo shoots at Glen Echo. And my dear friend FG. It's all been quite an adventure towards publishing of "Dancing on Air" in the Sunday Washington Post Magazine January 29, 2006.
Read the story of Steve and FG online at The Washington Post Also, be sure to read the Q&A discussion session where the writter, April Witt, fields questions and comments from readers the following Monday. Read the discussion online at The Washington Post See also... What Makes Me Tick
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Great job with this "demonstration" (of faith)!
I started dance lessons in St. Paul in 2001. I'm single, and was hoping to meet some nice girls. My waltz teacher was a very pretty Norwegien-American lady from South Dakota--half my age.
I flirted with her as much as possible, though at that time for me that meant bragging and directly commenting on her attractive features while dancing. I also used scripts from a book I picked up on how to make women fall in love with you.
Needless to say my approach did not work, though we shared an intimate moment when she revealed her powerful faith.
For the first time that I can remember, I could not deny the truth of someone else's experience of god, and there in the dance studio I also felt an overwhelming presence of the "Spirit".
I felt that I loved her but I did not tell her--foolishly I thought "God is in control, everything will work out." Looking back I should have told her how I felt and asked if we could work together in life as well as on the dance floor. She would have gently told me to get lost, but then I would have done my part.
Of course everyone knows that all dance students fall for their teachers: it's part of our tuition. Naturally I felt my case was different.
Later I realized that I could not be honest with her in part because of the life I had been leading. I had too much to hide.
When she moved away I became obsessed with my memories of her and of our last lesson. All this drove me to prayer and sustained "moral inventory" or soul searching.
I vowed that I would become honest and that if I would ever meet another woman like her I will be ready to look her in the eye. Through a lot of work and restitution, I have a clean slate today.
I am grateful for the second chance that I've been given, and I am starting to tell my story to other men that are stuck "beating around the bush" and "working the angles."
Nothing happened between my dancing instructor and myself, but I learned to rely on God to get me through the fantasy and the loss, and eventully I realized that I would have to put even more effort into my spiritual life just to be able to live with myself.
Steve, I heartily agree that God uses circumstances to draw us to Him. On our part I would also add something I learned from from my spiritual advisor: "as we become more honest with ourselves and grow closer to God, we attract better circumstances into our lives."
May God grant you the"floorcraft" needed to meet your circumstances.
Mark Lange
Northfield, MN
P.S. the cure for the last girfriend is the next girlfriend
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