Last night after the pageant was over (about 11:00 PM) we all went over to the High School for a dance. It is probably hard to imagine a group of people of all ages, from barely walking toddlers to their grandparents at a dance. And the most amazing thing was that everyone was actually on the floor dancing!! With music ranging from Michael Jackson to the High School Musical, the "Cha Cha Slide", to a conga line. That is what a dance should be like! We had to stop the dance at 12:30 this morning because many members of the cast had duties at 8:00 AM this morning, but nobody wanted to leave.
"In Nauvoo, everyone had a role to play."
One key to the relationships that we have forged here, is that each of us has some small job, and each of us understands that we need everyone. "The head cannot say to the foot, 'I have no need of thee.'". I have a job, as we build the temple, to remove a couple safety plates, then replace them after the temple is raised. It is a simple job, actually rather beneath my education and experience, but when we are building the temple, or building a community of Saints, we can find great joy in the simplest tasks.
It is easy to see how our pride can lead us to be alienated. There are many different personalities in any group, and we usually don't pick the people with whom we work. It is easy to become annoyed by others, to "seek our own", to desire our role to be either more visible, or to be less taxing. But when we lose ourselves in the work, we become one and miracles happen.
Cast meeting before our dress rehearsal, in the West grove.
1 comment:
i love your blog! i love reading about your experiences here. i've been to the pageant every night except one. i love your pictures too!
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