Are We Having Fun Yet?
- eschaden
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
No? Then perhaps some changes need to be made!
Life is not always a party. Not even close. Hard things happen. But joy is available to us in every single day. For me, I just have to slow down enough to notice all the fun that is just right there waiting for me.
I have 11 cats. Yes, 11. And they are always hilarious. Every single day, one of them, or more than one of them, does something weird, funny, crazy and fun. If I am having a hard time getting out of my own way, they are here every single day to lighten me up and help me to access the fun of living.
I think one of the best ways to build a bond with someone is to play with them. A game, a puzzle, a fun hike, a trip. Bonds are formed when we allow ourselves to drop down out of ADULTHOOD and remember what it was like to be a child, to have fun, to seek fun in the every day. It doesn’t have to be expensive or hard to plan, just be lighthearted and present. Do something to make each other laugh.
Life can be heavy. Responsibilities, work, child rearing, chores, just the day to day stuff you have to do to make life move forward, they can be a time and energy suck. But they can also be fun. It is all about the attitude we bring with it...the intention to make something routine, fun by doing our best to remember that life is not all work and effort and planning and hard. It is supposed to also be fun...
I have a tendency to take things too seriously. I get bogged down in the drudgery and forget that life is supposed to be lived AND enjoyed. I just got home from a long road trip and the re-entry for me is always hard. I don’t want to come back, I want to keep going. So there is always a let down to returning home. It takes me a couple of days to get back into my groove where I love being home and I can relax and enjoy the joys of being stationary and still.
Sometimes it takes me a little while to remember how lucky I am. What a great life I have and get to enjoy. And that life is supposed to be enjoyed, I mean, not all the time, sometimes hard and difficult things happen that we do not like and do not want to endure. But there is always a choice we get to make about how we go through it. Do we look for the opportunities for fun and laughter? Or do we get mired in the hardness and shut down all the fun?
As we move into the weekend, I am going to do my best to remember to have a good time. To be playful. To be lighthearted. To be open and enjoy my life. I am so blessed to have the life I do, even when things are not the way I want them to be...
Again, still...
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