The art of 〰️ p l a y ✨
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What is play, really? And why is it so important in our life?
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When we were tiny little beings trying to figure out how the heck we got here on earth and how to use all the stuffs (hands, feet, mouth, dirt goes in mouth etc) there was one thing we certainly knew how to do... and that was p l a y ✨
Playing gave us permission to express ourselves in any way we wanted to in that moment and it was essentially what we did when we weren’t busy programming all our social conditioning (such as: don’t touch that, speak when spoken to, life is hard, you don’t always get what you want, say hi to the nice gentleman/lady etc) so we glorified play when we were younger because it was what connected us to being our most creative selves, our most authentic selves.
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As we got older we started to believe those social rules and conditioning a lot more, heck, we’re so used to them we forget they are even there tbh. But then appears that uncomfortable feeling, that nudge that says “I don’t feel right, I don’t feel complete”
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For those who ask me where to begin, where to start on learning more about yourself and trusting yourself. Start here. P L A Y!
Just freakin’ play, like seriously toss a ball, draw, spin in circles, go on a swing, ride a bike, take a pottery class, whatever it is... just freakin’ p l a y!
NB: literally as I am typing this a little boy is rolling down the hill beside me having the time of his life and possibly an allergic reaction to the grass. But, he gets it.
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