When did we become so serious?

Zoe Warren | Short Read

When did we become so serious?

When did life become all about the to do list and not about truly living each moment?

I think children have it right after all..

(In general!) They are playful, joyful, express their emotions as they feel them. They live in the moment, speak their truth and haven’t learned to lie to please (I’m so happy to be here/ work late etc). They spend all day learning or playing. They sing or dance or cry whenever the mood takes them. They LOVE their reflection and tend to be in awe of the world around them with curiosity brimming over, staring at a leaf or a line of ants, asking questions about the moon…

How did most of us loose this as we grew up, why did we become more self conscious with age? Why do we care so much about the end result that we forget to have fun along the way. Maybe we have layered on more responsibilities, some insecurity or even too much self importance.. But really it’s a choice how we approach each day. Can we let go a little of the resistance we have to living life and try to harness a bit of our inner child. Let’s:

Dance

Cartwheel (or try to!)

Explore (without a phone)

Climb a tree

Make something

Write a story

Look in the mirror and love the human you see

Paint a picture, however terrible!

Cry or laugh with our whole body

Sing loudly

Eat something delicious as messily as possible

Sleep for 10 hours

Learn something new

Hug

Love with all our heart

After all we are on a spinning ball of molten rock hanging in the infinity of space for a mere nano second in the history of time.. let’s try and loosen up a little and live with as much love, joy and kindness as we can possibly muster before we disappear in a puff of smoke and wonder what it was all about 🌟

Z x

get the #cloglow

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