A Leap of Faith: the story of Dancing With the Sun
It is late November 2006 and my life is about to change irrevocably. I am collaborating with American singer/songwriter Dave Tate and we are sending ideas back and forth on MySpace. In my apartment in Stockholm, Sweden I am writing the following words to one of Dave's guitar parts...
Like a river floating free
I'll let you dance away with me
Through all that I have yet to see
It was a safe prediction because in my heart I already knew what it would take my mind a good while to wrap itself around.
Three months later I am standing next to Dave on a sagebrush hill in Zion National Park and we have just said our vows in front of a few witnesses. I am guessing they are just as surprised as we are. The sky represented my inner life very well on that day. A euphoric pink preceded by heavy grey and blue storm clouds. I had just taken my biggest leap of faith and I had no idea where this new path would lead.
As I look back on the past five years of my life, I realize that I have conquered a steep mountain. My faith has been tested against my fear many times and I have been crushed under the weight of my doubt repeatedly. Writing and recording the eleven songs on my new album Dancing With the Sun is what helped me reach the peak with my heart still in one piece. I persisted because I knew that the inevitable leap into the unknown was a chance for my sun to shine a little brighter. I had to accept my invitation to the dance for love of my beautiful partner and for the sake of fulfilling some of my most cherished dreams.
I have witnessed with great joy and a deepening sense of gratitude how things always seem to unfold in ways that are encouraging and affirming to my spirit. The guidance I have sought has always come from somewhere, and always right on time. Being away from home this long has taught me that I will always be fine, as long as I have my song.
I have witnessed with great joy and a deepening sense of gratitude how things always seem to unfold in ways that are encouraging and affirming to my spirit. The guidance I have sought has always come from somewhere, and always right on time. Being away from home this long has taught me that I will always be fine, as long as I have my song.
