This song has been going through my mind all day!  It's a Mary Mary song which has a captivating beat but even more importantly, a powerful message...

"Take these Shackles off my feet so I can Dance!"

It's part invocation, part command and all praise.  Life's Shackles have a way of grounding us to the earth and stifling our core vibrancy.  Sometimes they land on the feet with a loud clamp...the unexpected situation or crisis which knocks us off our moorings.  But, more often I think...they steal bits of our life piece by piece through worry, stress, anxiety, resentment and anger.  We don't even know that we've been shackled until we can barely move.

I've been reading an interesting book which is talking about "The Law of Flexibility."  It's one of the most difficult life lessons to grasp because it involves learning how to take the stumbling blocks that life throws into our path and turning these pitfalls into opportunities.

The Law of Flexibility means we choose to take the path of 'least resistance' even when everything within us screams...this is not fair.  Flexing into the source of my Strength enables me to 'walk the additional mile' and turn into the blow that intends to wound. Leaning into the challenge changes the very nature of the struggle as I become a willing participant whose choice of RESPONSE rather than REACTION brings a different perspective to the issue at hand.

But the inherent power of this law is within its power to transform the circumstance through acceptance rather than resistance.  Through the practise of this law, we learn that nothing is really 'as it seems' in the moment.  Often life's greatest challenges serve as the dirt under which the diamonds in the rough lie undisturbed despite the turbulence raging over head. 

So, there are times when you must release, bend, move towards and embrace in order to understand, learn, conquer and win.  It seems diabolical and weird, but it's the truth.