From The Daily Dialogue
From The Daily Dialogue
Broadcast of 3/10/98
Subject: [DailyDialogue #69] More on Play
"Psychoschlerosis--hardening of the mind--can happen at any age. As celebrations, birthdays are great. As rights of passage, certain birthdays have more meaning than others. But chronological age doesn't mean all that much in the big picture. The reminder to "act our age" is not good avice most of the time. Perhaps one of the important tasks of adulthood is to cultivate the magic of childhood. To lose ourselves to the joy of a day and fall into bed at night, exhausted and satisfied--this is the fine art of living a full life. If we look, act, and feel younger than our chronological age, we're doing something very right." -- David Miln Smith and Sandra Leicester
My family emphasized work. I think it was fear that kept our nose to the grindstone. Fears of humiliation, backruptcy, and poverty. We didn't play as much as I wanted. So I learned to look busy and disguise my playing as industry. But we didn't laugh much and I aged a lot as a kid.
I've appreciated the creativity that people display as they turn work into play. A carefully designed spoof document that exactly matches the appearance of a company newsletter. A skit so funny that it makes one fall over with laughter.
I suppose thought that the best play is undisguised outrageous fun for it's own sake.
Experiment: Repeat a playful activity you really enjoyed as a child.
Affirmation: Yay! We play.
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