Today's challenge was to avoid the tendency to categorize people. I didn't think I did that very often, but I found myself doing that a bit during a social dance competition tonight. There were beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of competition. My dance partner and I had so much fun at this informal competition. Even so, I sometimes categorized myself and the other beginners as seperate from the more experienced dancers.
This changed when I noticed several people who were in my beginner section for Latin dance, but later competed in more advanced levels for ballroom dances. When it came down to it, we were all just a large group of people who love social, Latin, and ballroom dance. Some were more experienced than others, but we were all much more similar than different.
I am grateful for an exciting dance competition that avoided strict categorization of people.
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