Are you too afraid to have fun?

Should I dance or not?

I've come to believe that the only thing better than dancing...is dancing with people who match your vibe. And as the daughter of a former swing dance competitor, I've got a lot of vibrancy — sometimes head-banging vibrancy (for all my 80s music lovers reading this blog post).

In general, I'm comfortable with my dance-jive creative expression. However, there have been a few concerts when I'm not surrounded by as enthusiastic listeners as myself. When that happens, I vacillate between enjoying myself and feeling self-conscious.

Last month our family ventured out to a stadium concert, which tends to attract both the "I like to sit" and "I wouldn't dream of sitting" concert attendees. So when the opening act (not to be confused with the opening opening act) blasted on stage, we matched their rock vibe. Turns out, we were only a handful of people who brought our dance moves. Many saved them for the headlining band. Regardless, we carried on.

Don’t be afraid to enjoy yourself, even when others are too afraid to

During this opening act, the lead singer came over and gave us high-fives during a song. After they'd gone offstage, we turned around and a woman near us commented: "Wow. You guys were super fans." Eden and I nodded and smiled, ignoring her sarcasm and definitely not apologizing for showing up ready to rock and roll.

Turns out, more magical moments (besides being the first people the lead singer high-fived during a concert) were headed our way. A security guy in front came over to us and said (I'll paraphrase so it's PG): "You guys killed it over here. You were rocking out. Here's a guitar pick from the band." Then he high-fived us. Next, a couple behind us got our attention and said, "You guys have it going on. I was up in those seats over there [points to the second level] and I told my husband, we need to get over to those people and the empty seats behind them. They have my vibe. So we did. Keep it up. You made my concert experience!" Then they high-fived us.

We didn't do it to be noticed. We did it in response to the magical collaboration that happens between musician and concertgoers. As I stated in the beginning, dancing is fun, but dancing like you just don't care with your people next to you? Well, that's quadruple the fun!

What fun is on your agenda? What energy are you bringing? Who helps bring out your best self — unafraid of creative, public expression?