Life is best lived as play!

There are 3 kinds of men:

1. The one that learns from reading

2. The few that learn by observation

3. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

"don't rush into adulthood, it isn't that much fun"

(Bob Newhart)

Play is how the young learn and learning to the young is exhilarating and just plain fun. The tender mind is open and totally receptive. Everything is to be tested and tried in play, without fear of judgement.

"playfullness is the juice that puts the sparkle in life, without it life seems dull and lifeless"

Play is pure creativity in action. Discovery is delightful and effortless. What incredible nonsense it is to think even for a moment that play is the domain of only the young. What an immense waste of creativity, expression and discovery to destroy play with adult seriousness.

"everything is possible, if you can have fun doing it"

It is in play and in fear that we must greatly experience being alive. And since play is discouraged as frivilous in adults we are only left with fear to experience intense aliveness. So we jump out of airplanes, ride on roller coasters and watch scary movies to connect with that feeling of aliveness.

"if you are not having fun in your work, either you are in the wrong job or you just aren't trying hard enough"

We persist in growing up way too soon. We assume foolishly that life is serious business. We even go so far to squeeze fun out of relationships by acting like adults most of the time. The consequence of this is that our relationships go from being fun and easy to becoming hard and difficult.

"great thoughts are concevied in deep play"

We need 'Happy Schools for Adults' to teach us how to play again. To repair our relationships and make life as it should be....fun, easy and abundant. I'm just getting wound up on this topic so stay tuned...

Smile, everything is funny as long as it happens to someone else!

Eduardo

BONUS: If the seriousness of adulthood got us into our current mess,

then maybe playfullness of children can get us out of it.