compliment

Best compliment today that I've had in quite a while. Some of the most heartening words, too. After la danza, a compadre I don't know as well asks me, "How long have you been dancing?" He's lived in NM awhile, but originally comes from Mexico City and has danced with other groups in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Denver. So, he's seen the scene. I sigh and answer, full of the everpresent frustration at my slowness, "Two and a half years." "Really?" he exclaims. "You dance this well after such a short time?"