My gift to you is Dance.
I realize you are an infant and the ability to even walk will not occur for quite some time, but the gift of Dance should display itself in every movement you make. Ask any dancer. Dancing is more than the tired repetition of tired feet over a tired pattern on the dance floor.
To a true dancer. Dance is life.
So even if you cannot yet walk be ready to feel the movement through your body. Feel the motion through your tiny toes and your tiny fingers. You have Grace, so you can move with the presence of an angel. Use it now to show heart and spirit and energy. Everyone rejoices in each movement a baby makes. Already this way you can show Dance.
As you grow, remember the gift. Never be content with merely sitting still. Take delight in movement. Though some may tire of the boundless energy of a child, do not listen to them. Run. Play. Dance without lessons by feeling whatever song races through your blood.
No doubt time and your status will bring the required tutors to teach you the proper ways of dancing. Do not shy away from tradition, but remember your gift and use it in these lessons. You have Dance, so learn the culture. There is mystery and skill in these planned movements. Take these lessons as challenges and you will succeed and most of all you will have fun.
For what reasons did Dance begin? Worship, exercise, the feel of joining something greater? I do not know sure, but personally I feel the reason does not matter. There is joy in Dancing, a rush of life and power and freedom. Simply put, it is fun, and I find that to be reason enough.
There is dancing this day, in honor of your birth. Dance is a celebration here. You will find other reasons for it, but never forget how it makes you feel.
I wish you could see the dancing here. There is grace and poise and rhythm to what they do. It's beautiful and I can think of no better word for it. Dancing is what I want you to see and feel and do.
And never be afraid of Dancing. If you Dance only for yourself you will never need to feel fear. There is no reason for fear, for you will be wonderful and entire ballrooms will clear to make way for you.
I warn you of fear, however, because fear is the strongest enemy of Dance. Fear leads people to sit on the sidelines instead of rushing out into the intoxication of Dancing.
You are a princess. You are not born to fear.
You have Dance. Feel it. Move with it. Do not sit and wait and wish you were part of the Dance. Rush forward into it with everything you have.