Come Dance With Me

Excerpted from Letters to His Beloved, by Harvey A. Green

While attending a party I sat alone watching the dancers holding one another harmonizing body and soul to the music. I had no partner and I prayed for my special love above all love, my mistress named Success.

Dear Lord above in whom I rest

Send to me the dancing partner that you know is best.

To embrace me and love me and my life she would bless

My treasure to dance with whose name is Success.

Then I looked to the door and radiance began to take form. It was gold at the center, bordered in blue and she became the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. My prayers had been answered and my heart beat so loudly that I could no longer hear the music. As she walked toward me, I rose from my seat totally overcome with emotion. I held my arms outstretched and as she passed by she did not even take notice of me. Instead she embraced one of the dancers. They danced and they danced until they were taken up into the beauty and the glory of the music.

I thought that perhaps my prayers were not sincere enough so I prayed with all of my heart and my soul.

Dear Lord above in whom I rest

Send to me the dancing partner that you know is best.

To embrace me and love me and my life she would bless

My treasure to dance with whose name is Success.

Suddenly, as before this brilliance appeared at the door, gold at the center and outlined in blue. Transformed into a woman of incredible beauty, she moved toward me with an indescribable grace. She was magnificent as her whole being seemed to resonate to the music. The roar of my blood blocked out all other sound. She walked directly toward me and I was drawn to my feet. I was so transfixed upon her beauty that I could not even move. She walked by me to the dance floor taking another dancer and they danced until they were transformed into sound and light.

Again, I thought why this should be? I am seated here alone and I have prayed for the love of my life to dance with me. Instead, when she appeared she embraced and blessed those who have no need of someone to dance with. So one final time I prayed with all of my heart, all of my mind and all of my soul.

Dear Lord above in whom I rest

Send to me the dancing partner that you know is best.

To embrace me and love me and my life she would bless

My treasure to dance with whose name is Success.

Once more this radiant beauty appeared at the door. She glowed with the light of God, she pulsated with the resonance of the music of the spheres and she was the answer to my prayer. I beheld her with the certainty that my prayers had finally been answered and my love and I would dance together forevermore. She turned and stepped upon the dance floor choosing once more a dancer she found and together they became the essence of beauty.

I decided that perhaps I was not worthy to receive the object of my prayers. Certainly if my prayers were worth hearing I was not worth the blessing. Despondent, I arose from my solitude and asked the woman seated next to me to dance. She shyly arose and we walked hand in hand to the dance floor. The music suddenly became so magnificent that I could not tell where it stopped and I began. As I looked more closely at the one that I held she was transformed into an angel of light, this treasure I danced with whose name was Success. We were taken up into the music and the world dropped away. “My dearest one,” I exclaimed, “why did you not come to me before? Why did you come now only after I had given up on you?”

“My precious,” said my treasure named Success, “I heard your prayers and each time I came to the door it was locked. I could not open it from my side so I stood praying that you would open the door and your heart to me. Others prayed for me opening the door to let me in but you kept me outside.” “How, did I do this,” I cried. “You must begin the dance,” she told me. “It is this beginning that opens the door that I may enter into your heart, your mind and your soul.” As we drifted off into eternity I heard the song of my treasure named Success.

To you and to yours I hear the voice of your heart

I know of your longing but we must each do our part.

You must do all you know of to open the door

Success dances with only those she finds on the dance floor.

May your life be filled with Success in all that you desire and may you have the courage to dance until your partner becomes that treasure named Success.

2 Responses to “Come Dance With Me”

1. Michael Han says:

   August 29, 2011 at 5:04 pm

   Very well presented Harvey!
2. Harvey Green says:

   August 30, 2011 at 7:41 am

   Aloha Michael, thank you for your kindness.