And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance… I hope you dance.
I hope you dance… I hope you dance.
I hope you dance…I hope you dance.
— Lee Ann Womack, “I Hope You Dance” (2000)
And when you get the choice to go to the same place for happy hour you went to last time or try that new place you saw on Thrillist, I hope you try that new place you saw on Thrillist.
And when you get the choice to go to sleep at 10:45 or finish the last like 30 pages of the book you’re reading, I hope you finish the last like 30 pages of the book you’re reading.
And when you get the choice to buy a less expensive DVD with a similar cover and title to that of Frozen for your nieces or buy Frozen, I hope you buy Frozen.
And when you get the choice to leave after Il Deserto Rosso or stay for the entire Antonioni festival, I hope you stay for the entire Antonioni festival.
And when you get the choice to blow off that party because your friend got sick or go to it even though you don’t know those guys very well, I hope you go to it even though you don’t know those guys very well.
And when you get the choice to catch up on work emails or go to brunch with your roommate and her parents before they have to leave for the airport, I hope you go to brunch with your roommate and her parents before they have to leave for the airport.
And when you get the choice to return your Zipcar twenty minutes early or quickly go to Safeway to get those pretzels you like, I hope you quickly go to Safeway to get those pretzels you like.