Sometimes I worry about love. The world seems to be full of so much anger, and downright craziness. I worry that love won’t win.

It’s scary, right? If you have one person, angry, mean, maybe even has a gun, and you have another person standing there with nothing but love… who should run? I’ll admit that sometimes I forget my hope.

And then something will happen that makes me see the bigger picture.

My last hope inspiration came at Montana family camp. My last two trips there have been exceptional. It’s a particular bunch of people who have been coming together in the dance for twenty years. The group has matured, children have grown up in the camp, person after person has stepped up and done the work to become a good dance leader, musicians have practiced and improved. Time, love and numbers have done the job of evolving a community with an energy field so palpable that a new person can step into the camp and swim.

It makes me realize that one person of love staring down a person of hate might do well to run away. But what about three to one? Or what about twenty to one? What about a hundred to one over and over again for ten years?

When I look at it that way my hope grows because I see it as a doable job. All we need is more and more people. All we need is better and better ways to nourish and grow love in communities. All we need is sheer numbers and the ability to hold each other up with encouragement, hope and love.

Yep. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

Hope you can join our next dance

We’ll be working on the plan here in a few short weeks in Lava Hot Springs. Come dance with us and share your being with us. We are setting up new opportunities for dance leader training, and for musicians to play along.

We want you and need you!

Registration is open at : http://liveatlava.com

Dates: April 22-24, 2016

Cost: $90 for the weekend

Hope to see you there,

Love and hugs

Connie Zareen, Wayne and the whole gang