On Playfulness

When things aren’t working out
as you imagined they’d be,

When you closed down
being open to the possibility,

When the lights went out
on the road to creativity,

When you’ve stopped dreaming
about the magic and the mystery,

When you’re wondering about the
disappearance of synchronicity,

When fun and enjoyment
is hard work and misery,

When you’re showing up
to give half-heartedly,

and you can’t stop living fearfully,
cause you’ve forgotten to live life fully,

Live playfully.

Playfulness is a way of being full with the fullness of life. When you are playful, you are open to life. You are responsive to life. You are having fun and enjoying your life. When you are enjoying your life, you are being completely yourself. When you are being yourself, you are full with the fullness of playfulness. Playfulness is a way of living harmoniously. If you want to be serious about life, be serious about your responsibility to be playful in your life. To remember the fullness and joy life has to offer you, be playful.

3 ideas + 3 questions on playfulness

3 ideas:

1. Infuse Playfulness Everywhere: Make every activity playful. Playfulness is a way of being you bring to everything you do. Bring play alive in your life in and outside of your work.

2. Play Daily: Having fun is not an activity you limit to nights and weekends. Being playful is your natural state. Be playful every single day.

3. Start and Sustain: Start every day in the spirit of play and see how long you can stay that way. See if you can be playful for a few hours each day.

Plus 3 questions:

1. When was the last time spontaneous fun was your natural way of being?

2. Do you resist making play a daily part of your life? If so, why?

3. What will you do about the absence of play in your life?

3 insights on playfulness

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