Having FUN is good for you.

Lately I am trying to teach my children to enjoy themselves and laugh at their problems, difficulties and things that make them stumble.  It's great advice...but can I take my own advice?  I wonder if I can! 

Now I turn my advice to myself and I say, "Lilac, can you just lighten up and have some fun?"  I am trying to do it...honest I am.  I can be a lot of fun when I really let myself loosen up from the restrictions and obligations that keep me forever "in check".

The importance of having fun is that we elevate the emotional self higher...get out of the murky doldrums of sorrow, depression, anger, jealousy, boredom, frustration, SELF-DOUBT, or worse.  The worst thing we can do is simply be complacent and not care.  I feel this way often...too often.  I have to force myself to see the rainbow after the rain.  I need to consciously remember to smile and look around at the beauty that is everywhere.  If I am out walking, I try to observe the trees and the way the sun and wind interact with them.  I notice the clouds...the people...the buildings...the interesting vehicles on the road...the decorative shopping malls and all the splendor that comes with humanity.  There really IS a lot to see and feel and enjoy.  It is simply a matter of acknowledging and allowing. 

When we walk around in a state of discouragement, disappointment or anger, we can only see whatever forces it's way through to our conscious mind because we are so preoccupied.  This is the DREAM that is cursing humanity and keeping us from paradise.  We can live in a place of peace and happiness BY CHOICE.  We can choose REGARDLESS of what is happening around us at any given point.

So maybe I would say that as far as practical pointers for achieving this...that is going to be up to the individual.  What makes you happy?  There is a chapter in the book,
" The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne, where she talks about people healing themselves after accidents and with Cancer diagnosis.  It is not hocum!  It can be done.  As soon as the bad news strikes, you have to BELIEVE that you can overcome it with positivity!  You HAVE to believe.  There is no other way.  You HAVE TO.  YOU...have to do the work.

In my world, this involves laughing, exploring, talking to people...especially strangers!  I talk to people everywhere I go.  I love to brighten someone's day by just chatting with them and asking about their lives.  Everyone wants to be heard and desires an opportunity to share something of themselves.  I said it before about the elderly, and it is true.  But ALL people...they are wishing to be heard.

Anyway, hopefully this helps a few people to remember that life is full of beauty and laughter and goodness.  When we take the time to admire it, it literally becomes a part of us and we are better off for it!  This is the fuel for the vehicle that is your soul.  Make it the purest and best fuel you can afford.

Love Everyone and BE Blessed,

AngelMarie