this made me cry

[lissie_pissie]

"I wouldn't be where I am today, wouldn't have the ability to stand up here and say my third time at super stardom if I didn't have the DNA of a dancer. Being a dancer has carried me through the most unbelievable times, beautiful times, and harder than hard times. It's given me the spirit of a warrior, a tenacious warrior who doesn't take no for an answer and believes in herself. There's nothing like being around the spirit and soul of a dancer, the coup de gras of everything there is to be celebrated. They are the hardest working most wonderful beings. If there were more dancers in the world, we'd have a much better happier place to live."
~Paula Abdul



i cry so hard at the beauty and truth of this. it just makes me so happy and sad, and nostalgic, and proud -- SO so proud -- to be a dancer.

and a fan of hers.