Who you think you are is entirely dependent on what people say you are. These people include yourself. You are, what you believe you are. (paraphrased quote by Alan Watts)
Today is a great day. Every day is. Every day is pure bliss and such is life. I got up at 6am today. Did some push-ups, some leg lifts, core exercise. Just a little work out to get me started. 20 min.
I walked out and went to the beach straight away. The waves were still small and the wind was onshore. Not ready to surf yet. So, I wrote down my intentions or my ‘to be list’. I hadn’t done it in a while, but today I felt like it was time again. It’s powerful. I was writing down all the things I embody, all the things I am. The first adjectives that came to my mind. I was only three lines in, when I wrote down ‘ I’m playful ‘. Suddenly this rush came thru my body. I looked out over the ocean, the beach and my surroundings. Everything started to vibrate. I put the pen on the paper again and wrote the next sentence. ‘ Life is play ’. Just saying it again now brings tears into my eyes. ’ Life is play ‘. Of course, it is. When I wrote it down this morning sitting on the beach it instantly took all the emotional and mental turmoil away from me. All this noise that was going thru me for the last 2 months. I laughed out loud. I love it when that happens. It’s great. When I have a profound moment that grounds me completely and reminds me how all my worries are just in my head, I laugh. None of it actually matters. The craziest thing about it is, I already know all of this. It’s not that I just had a first-time realization. These also happen sometimes and they are powerful. But today it was just a reminder of a realization. Either way it did its job. I felt grounded. I felt powerful, I felt supported, I felt complete. I continued my writing by repeating over and over again the same sentence. ‘ Life is play ‘.
We play until we’re done. We play until we rest in peace. Winning is not the goal. The goal is to play. Just make a move and see what happens and then, you make another move. One at a time. From every move we learn. Did I like that last move? Wanna do it again? Wanna do something different? Pick your instrument and play. Don’t worry about how, just play. Play by your own rules, change your rules, change your game, change your life, change your emotions, change your feelings, change your thoughts, change you patterns, change your heart, change your mind, change your body, change you desires, change your surroundings, change yourself. Nothing is permanent, but change. Embrace change and you will play the most beautiful symphony of your life.
I am alive and here to play. That’s all I know.
Jelly
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