Evaluating progress

Yesterday, I wrote about how much fun I had at a dance/exercise class.  Some people would say..."Big deal, you had fun at a dance class."  Lets say you had Arachnephobia  intense fear of spiders.  Now, imagine you just let a big hairy tarantula walk up your arm and dance on your shoulder.  Yup, that is about what I did last night.  In the first five minutes, there were 4 major trigger situations.  I could not have done last night's class 2 years ago.  I would not have been at the studio 5 years ago.  I would not have considered any dancing a possibility 10 years ago.  About 20 years ago I couldn't stand up more than 20 minutes a day.  Last night was a triumph over PTSD. 

20 years ago

Now 

Does that help to make a little more sense why I am so over the moon that I had a great time in dance class?