Newest addition to the weirdest things I have seen: 250 middle-aged hypnotists doing the Electric Slide.
I spent the weekend at the National Guild of Hypnotist annual convention. Saturday was the standard recognize the leaders in our field banquet. After the last award was give, the host said, “And now we dance!”
And dance they did. Six hundred of them rushed the floor like a group of giddy high school students.
It was fun to see…
…and it made me think.
Normally, when I see a group of folks rush the dance floor, it is at a youth rally. High school dances aren’t normally that way. Prom and homecoming usually build to a dance frenzy (maybe). But at a youth rally, from word “Go” it is craziness because (I think) the students feel safe.
Back at school there is judgment and worry about fitting in, but at a youth rally everyone is the same. You can “be yourself” and just have fun.
I have a feeling hypnotist feel the same way.
They do work that is outside the main stream. Something most people know little about (and are often afraid of). They are constantly trying to prove to people what they do is safe and it has worth.
For three days a year they get together with their brethren. People, who just like themselves, have given their lives to helping others, and in doing so choose to sit outside the mainstream because helping is much more important than fitting in.
Here they have support.
They are safe.
They can “be themselves”.
Which leads to one logical outcome…
…dancing the night away.