The Dance Is Over

Know when the dance is over and you'll enjoy life a lot more.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

The Dance Is Over

Smokey Robinson once sang, “I gotta dance to keep from crying. ”That’s the unspoken mantra of anyone trapped in their life story.

Your life story is a script you wrote — one you’re determined to live out, even if the role doesn’t fit anymore.

So, the show goes on. And you keep dancing to keep the illusion alive.

“My feet are killing me,” you say, never realizing it’s the dance that’s wearing you out.

People who perform their life story become professional pretenders. And sooner or later, others see through the act. They might even try to tell you — but you just dance away to perform another day.

How do you know you’re caught in your story?  Notice how many different acts you put on for different people. If every group gets a different you, that’s not living — that’s choreography. And the more dances you do, the less life you have.

The way out? End the dance. Stop performing. Find the life that exists beneath your life story.

That discovery begins when you stop reacting and start responding. Reacting means pulling out a routine — a two-step here, an electric slide there — always the right move for the right crowd. Responding means showing up fresh every time. No routines, no rehearsals — just trust.

Trust that there’s a deeper part of you that knows how to move through life without performing.

The real you doesn’t react — the real you responds.

So start noticing your dances. If you’re not dancing for the joy of it, you’re just reacting.

Responding lets you retire your dancing shoes and rest your tired feet in the calm, soothing waters of real life — the one beneath the story.

If you’re tired of dancing, stop. When you do, infinite responses open up — and you realize you only have one true dance partner: Life itself.

All the best,

John