Your Life is Your Playground

Life is beautiful. It’s colorful and complex and full of so much love and abundance. Children seem to be able to see the color of the world in brightness and wonder and tackle life in such a playful way. As we have experiences and start to grow up, most of us loose the ability to see the color of life. Then by adulthood the color becomes a sort of black and white shade. We allow certain life experiences to dull the color and beauty of our reality until everything becomes grey and serious. We then begin to reserve certain times on the weekend for “play”. But I don’t think it has to be this way. Play can and should be interwoven into everything that we think and do. In fact I think it is vital that we get back to seeing in color and in finding the playful moments in our everyday life so that we can get back to that raw since of living and seeing like a child.

When we are first born we are in our purest state. As we grow we allow our selves to get layered with labels and circumstances and we allow those to become part of who we are. But those labels and circumstances are not ours and all they do is dull our true reality. It’s important to shed those labels so that we can feel and see and live in our purest state.  It’s time to invite the child back in and start living in the moment and finding the play in every situation. I really believe we are here to love, play and heal ourselves and others. That is the bases for what its all about.

So I invite you to skip in the isle at the grocery store. Sing while you're washing the dishes. Do a happy dance on your way to the car in the morning.  Have your own concert in the car. Lovingly laugh and forgive yourself when you do or say something silly. Start seeing the color, vibrancy and beauty that’s all around you. Infuse that playful thread throughout your day until it becomes part of your life again. This has become a daily practice for me and I’m so glad because it brings with it beauty and blessings in abundance. Celebrate and play everyday and reap the benefits of the happiness a colorful life can bring.