Go Play!
This morning I woke up and did my regular morning, which I included a 15 minute social media browse. Yep, I limit my morning time on social media or it would suck the life out of my morning - 15 minutes could easily turn into an hour if I am not careful.
And in this scrolling, I saw a headline that just said "Go Play". Honestly I can't say if it was a quote, a story, an advertisement or just a whimsical post but for it stuck with me for the entire 15 minutes of allotted time. Now as you probably have experience with social media, things fly into your thought and out almost just a quickly while browsing so for this to stick, I felt a need to meditate on it. The words are so simple. Go. Play. This is something we tell our kids to do all the time, especially if they are connected to their devices and phones in today's age. As kids it was something our parents would say all the time and meant it literally. This is something we tell our friends. Well, maybe not those exact words but to take a break or take time for yourself. But how often do we do this for ourself? How often do we say "no" when asked for a favor that really anybody can do? How often do we take "me" time? How often do we Go Play? Somewhere in our post school, pre-family days I often hear of stories, and dare I say tell them from time to time, of the fun days of festivals, vacations, getting together with friends, and play time. Somewhere in having families, pressures of balancing said family with work and other obligations, the idea to Go Play just falls way to the bottom of the list. There isn't time. There isn't child care. There isn't extra money. There isn't....fill in the blank. We become very good at the excuses as to why we cannot nor do we have the time to Go Play.
And yet, the same need to Go Play that applies to a child in elementary school also applies to use adults. We need to Go Play. We need the break. We need to rejuvenate. We need time for ourselves. I know, you're probably thinking to yourself I just don't have time. I have learned you have time if you want to make the time. Start by giving yourself 15 minutes of Go Play time, whatever brings a smile to our face, schedule it if you have to make it happen. Once you let yourself have Go Play time, you will find that it's not only enjoyable, it's very much needed. So Go Play and enjoy! ~ChaCha
