“I’m a hell of a lot more than angry.” “Sad? Confused? Ashamed? Afraid? Let yourself feel it. Feel all of it. Then dance with me until it burns up, until you can finally stop apologizing for being who you are. You can’t go backward and there’s nothing you need to settle to go forward. Let go of it, Sidney. Just let go.” Nona took Sidney’s face in both hands. “If you’re here with me now, you are us. You don’t have to know how to dance. Listen to that beat. That’s our calling. Our rhythm. You have to move and move with all your body, because it’s how you give those feelings inside you a way out.
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