Play like a kid!

 PLAY LIKE A KID!!!

 I read this Article called reclaiming your creativity written by William Grace Frost co-founder of Ekastasis and of the Butterfly Peace Path. I encourage you to Google him. The article presents several good suggestions on how to energize your creativity. The two suggestions that stood out to me were to fine tune your awareness and to do something new every day. Fine tuning your awareness is about being present in the moment that you are in. Staying present is hard to do if you have worked yourself into an everyday routine. I mean you can literally coast through your day on auto pilot. I read in another article that the best way to practice being in tune or present is to practice being completely aware of your surroundings for a minute every ten minutes. I also liked his suggestion to do something new every day. Again, this breaks up a hum drum life. Try a new flavor of ice cream, buy a stranger some lunch, go planking or owling. Do something you have never done every day and I am sure it will give you new experiences which will jump start your creativity.

 The suggestion that Frosts presents in his article that really caught my attention was to play like a kid. How many times do we drop everything we are doing and challenge the person next to us to a race. Sounds crazy right? What about playing a game of kickball, dodge ball, twister, hide and go seek, or even tag with a group of adult friends. Kids get real joy and laughter when they are playing. Adults need to play sometimes. I think as we get older we forget how to have real wholesome fun. 

 Fun is not always in the night club. It might be on a big open field with a water gun in hand. I think I’m going to try Mr. Frost suggestions which are being present, doing something new every day, and playing like a kid. I can’t wait to see what creative energy I am going to stir up. You try it to and comment.

Be Virtuous

~Chi