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Why do I choose dance?

This is a question I found asking myself almost everyday when I decided to take a break from my career as an Architect. It was a well paying job and I had a comfortable life with a good fixed income coming in every month.  Does it make sense to leave it all? I would often wonder… Until I realised, it was totally worth it. I wanted to dance because I could not stand the thought of not dancing. Because I could not imagine myself being so happy and content doing anything else all day long. Although, I was working a lot harder and getting paid a lot less. So why did I start dancing  in the first place? I remember seeing some performances in my school, and hearing about how my Guru and her troupe traveled all around the world for performances. I guess I was tempted and wanted to try, as a 10-11 year old, in complete awe of the sheer presence and appearance of my Guru. I was an inquisitive child. I had already tried gymnastics, rope mallakhamb and was playing table tennis at that point and I