mariakoropecky By Maria Koropecky, Storytelling Coach & Author
Once upon a time, we couldn’t be both. We couldn’t love Disco and Rock at the same time. We had to choose between sparkle or sweat, dance floors or dive bars, roller skates or ripped jeans. There was no middle ground.
If I had to pick one, I’d choose Disco—because it’s more dancy, more dreamy, more gold lamé.
Even so, I still had room in my collection for the raw energy of Rock too… especially the kind you belt from the top of your lungs when no one’s around.
I remember being made to feel bad about liking Disco though, like it wasn’t cool enough. So I kept it hush-hush and only danced in my living room after school.
I felt the same need to lay low about being left-handed too (not that I could hide it though).
I knew there was something different about me for favouring my left hand… but sometimes it felt like my natural tendency wasn’t just different—it was wrong. In French the word for left is “gauche” which means “lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.”
Like in the song, “Riptide” by Vance Joy, today’s Song of the Day:
“I was scared of dentists and the dark
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Oh, all my friends are turnin’ green
You’re the magician’s assistant in their dream
Ah-ooh, ah-oh
And they come unstuck
Lady, runnin’ down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left-hand man
I love you when you’re singin’ that song
And I got a lump in my throat ’cause
You’re gonna sing the words wrong”
It tells a different kind of love story in a flipped and unconventional way.. And it makes me wonder…
Have you ever felt like there was something wrong with you for being different?
What if you reframed that… and saw your uniqueness as a spiritual gift instead?
What if being different was your invitation to look at the world differently and help others do the same?
Left-handedness isn’t just a quirk—it can be a quantum code. A soul imprint. A spiritual signature. A sign from Spirit that you’ve always been wired a little differently… and that’s your magic.
And maybe us lefties aren’t here to follow the crowd—we’re here to reflect it like a big cosmic mirror.
We’re the 10% that flips the script, lives in the reverse and challenges conventionality.
As lefties, our role isn’t to fit in, but to show an alternative view, to choose a less obvious path and to stand out on the dance floor of life.
Being left-handed taught me to trust my own rhythm. To dance when others stand like wall flowers. To be okay with not doing things the “right” way—because sometimes, the right way isn’t always the best way or the only way.
So, to all my fellow lefties out there…cheers!
Let’s stop hiding. Let’s stop apologizing. Let’s roller skate under disco balls again. Let’s sing the words wrong and love every second. Let’s own the left-hand magic that lives in each of us.
Who is with me?
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There’s also a lefty theme in “Closer to Indigo.” Pick up a copy today now available on Amazon.
