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Leadership: Three Girls in Flow
It was New Year’s Eve. I was at the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles with two of my friends, Julia and Eric. During the evening, there was meditation, intention setting, music and dancing; lots and lots of dancing. As the New Year approached, we moved to the front of the church and watched three girls dancing on a set of carpeted stairs leading up to the main stage.
The girls, ages 10, 8, and 7 had us mesmerized. Each of them dancing in joy and harmony with each other. Dancing their own dance, connected in a natural flow, they walked up and down the stairs with each girl taking her turn on the top step, claiming the spotlight with enthusiasm while the other two danced together one step down. Then, as if they had practiced and prearranged the timing, the girl on the top step would switch places with one of the other girls. Over and over they took turns dancing on the top step while also enjoying the lower step.
It was gorgeous. It was like watching Diana Ross and the Supremes except that each girl had her turn at being Diana Ross and her turn at being the “back-up” singer. No need to compete because it was so beautifully shared.
It may seem like a little thing unless you look at this as a microcosm of a larger picture that has been emerging on the planet. Girls and women have been gathering in circles. We have learned…
