Inspired by, if somewhat tenuously, There’s Nobody to Dance With by Johanna and Who Do You Like to Dance With? by Tango Pilgrim.
An old bull and a young bull were standing on the crest of a hill gazing down on the herd of cows grazing on the slopes below them.
The young bull turn turned to the old bull and said, “Let’s run down there and mount the best of them”.
“No”, replied the old bull, “we will Walk down there and mount the lot of them.”
It is all too easy to rush out onto the floor, like a young bull, seeking nirvana in each dance. It takes an entirely different attitude to slowly proceed with patience, like an old bull, and take each dance as they find it or to know that tomorrow the dancers will still be there.
Interesting story. I like the attitude of the old bull, although I am a young one myself.
what’s the rush, sip the wine, not gobble. Enjoy the company of each one, not to seek company of everyone.
Great story and oh so true. You can always spot the anxious beginners at a milonga. The experienced dancers just take their time.
That is what we call “experience”. Most of us gain it after running down the hill
Something tells me that you have to run up and down that hill a number of times before you become an old bull.
This joke was told to me by my oldest fencing student who, in his mid fifties, holds that old age and guile will always beat youth and athleticism.
I’m a bit of both! ;o)
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