Good News!!

Is there anybody here today that needs to hear good news? Is there anybody here today, who has been beating themselves up, dragging your own past around everywhere you go? Is there anybody here today whose heads are filled with negative message and whose hearts have been beaten down with negative words about who we are and what we’ve done and how we are going to mess it up in the future?

Sometimes we come here limping, sometimes we crawl, pulling ourselves along by our fingertips, and sometimes we are flat-out carried because we are so enchained to the idea that we cannot offer anything. But know this about our movement:

As we send out cards to those who need refreshing, life-giving words of love and appreciation, sometimes we do this to remind ourselves of who we truly are. Sometimes sending cards is an action that we do to remind ourselves of who we are in spite of how we feel, what we think, or what we’ve been told.

Is there anybody here today that came here limping, crawling, or was carried? That’s ok. That’s what we are here for. These cards have been a sustenance and a strength and a joy for thousands and thousands of people.

Perhaps that’s you today.

Or perhaps you just need to hear inspiring words of love and appreciation. Perhaps you have come here with all types of doubts and questions. Perhaps you need the faith of others. Perhaps you need someone to actually believe in you. Perhaps you need to be reminded of who you are. We have that for you too, it's our manifesto.

Perhaps you have come here carrying the burden of despair. Perhaps you question whether anyone is doing something for this broken world, or for your broken life. And in your despair, you need to let the hope of others enter your life. You need to let the hope and love of others breathe life and joy back into you. If you do not have joy and love, just take it from others here. You don’t need to do anything, just take in the love and joy of others here and in our movement.

Perhaps today you don’t have the energy to send a card, but you stand with our movement and let others send out the love for you. Perhaps today you come with confusion about where your life is going and even what direction you need to start looking towards. Right here, these people part of this movement can breathe life into you, hold you up when you start to fall, and bring new meaning and purpose into your life.

Let me tell you something. The Dance Like Zach movement not only comes from the blessings we have been given, but it also comes from what we receive and give to each other. It’s about the community. It’s about people saying, “Here is what I need.” Or, “This week, I need a card of encouragement.” Or, “I need some help training up others to spread the love” Great! There are a bunch of us, and we can help you. Maybe it’s you saying, “I have this! Who needs it? Who I can serve?”

Perhaps you come here, and you don’t leave a comment. You just watch others post comments. You just watch them. Or if you do find yourself leaving a comment or sending a card, that’s great too. You have no idea what your simple act may be doing for somebody else.

Over a year ago, I sent a card to a friend. Something happened that reminded me of her, and I felt prompted to just send her a card. I simply sent her some words of encouragement and love and appreciation. Well, I contacted her the other day, and she told me she still has that card. She said every time she looks at the card, it makes her smile. I couldn’t believe that the card had such an impact on her for such a long time. And as I laid my head on the pillow that night, I went to sleep confident and comforted by the fact that I made an impact on her life. And, she made a tremendous impact on mine.

She enjoyed the gift.

It changed everything for me. I made a simple gesture, I sent a simple message, I crafted a simple card, she appreciated the card, and it meant the world to me.

When we look back on how we get through a tough situation, sometimes it’s the simple things that make all the difference.

Enjoy the gift that others have to offer. And, most importantly, enjoy giving a gift of life, hope, and love. You never know what kind of impact you can have, until you take the first step and spread the love to those who need it.

Perhaps today, you want to become a distributor of joy. We all have a community. Where we go workout, where we go to school, where we shop, where we get our groceries, where we get our coffee, where we work, where we live, where we play, where we party, where we eat. We have a sphere of our life. Perhaps today, you want to enrich that community with love and joy and appreciation.

Perhaps today you are bored and you want your life to be enriched by purpose and meaning. 

Perhaps there is something in you calling you to go to a place you never thought you would go. You wouldn’t know what to do when you got there, but something is calling you to be in that place. Something is calling you to give life to the lifeless. Something is calling you to restore hope for the hopeless. Something is calling you to be a light in that darkness.

Perhaps today, you are totally terrified and scared of that something that is pulling you, but you know that you are up for it. You know that it’s hard and scary, but you will do everything in you to be that light in the darkness.