Day 169: Dance a Day Challenge – I Will Not Be Broken, by Bonnie Raitt
Happy birthday, Bonnie. She turned 61 on November 8th; I’ll be 60 on November 25th – and we both look good! : )
To celebrate with Bonnie, I am dancing to a series of her music this week. This is one of my faves. Love the lyrics, especially, “I will not be someone other than who I am … What is living if I can’t live free? What is freedom if I can’t be me?” Is this sentiment an updated version of The Chairman of the Board’s “My Way?” The thing that I have learned is that being truly free is living free, not in someone’s face about it. That freedom brings with it peace and contentment, which is the ultimate freedom.
And the dance was pretty darn good too. I have danced to this song with Art many times – usually West Coast swing, or at least a version of it. Today, it was more of a free-form cha cha, where I continued to experiment with different timings. I am loving that!
