Play On!
The joy is in the playing. Schroeder Credit: Ryan McGuire, Pixabay Play is those non obligatory activities we do in life. We engage with them primarily for their own sake rather than to produce some kind of outcome and they tend to lead to some positive feeling. Dr. Cathy Hope Dr Cathy Hope, Assistant Professor… Continue reading Adults Can Be More Playful
You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. Maurice Chevalier Credit: Emma Seppala Seven ways laughter can improve your well-being by Emma Seppella (3 min read)
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. Friedrich Nietzche Credit: Article - Luara Ferracioli, Aeon/Photo: Annie Spratt, Unsplash For a child, being carefree is… Continue reading Playing, Reality, Philosophy
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every faction, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Mihaly Csikszentmihayli Photo Credit: Claremont Graduate University - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Dranoff, Duo Chipak & Kushnir and the Voices of Seraphic Fire (listen… Continue reading Playfulness and Flow….
Credit: Stefan Schweighofer @ Pixabay.com Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first. - Julia Hartz Ultimate Jigsaw Timelapse (2:30 min)
Credit: Innviertlerin @ Pixababy “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday.” - Winnie The Pooh, A.A. Milne More on the Zen of Pooh... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkWQ2I8hH1s Chistopher Robin "Pooh's Wisdom" Featurette, Winnie The Pooh (Jim Cummings)
“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself” - Miles Davis
HORSEPLAY - by George Bilgere I am floating in the public pool, an older guy who has achieved much, including tenure,a child, and health insurance including dental. I have a Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express, and my car is large. I have traveled to Iceland. In addition, I once met Toni Morrisonat a… Continue reading Horseplay: We Must Play!
How chasing solar eclipses opened me up to the awe of living
Play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life’s only true lessons are writ small in the margin. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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