Sometimes you need a bit of ….. Playful INSPIRATION!
“We all want to find some meaningful truth about who we are, … but we can only find it guided by our own wisdom – by our own rebel buddha within.”
Ponlos Rinpoche
Playful Inspiration!
The Manly Art of Playfulness
Outside of a Dog, a Book is Man’s Best Friend. Inside of a Dog, It’s Too Dark to Read.
Groucho Marx? Jim Brewer ? Mary Stuart? Anonymous?
The Dull Men’s Club: where being extraordinarily ordinary is celebrated. (Watch: 15 minutes)
The Hairy, Potbellied Mermen Taking the Canadian Coast. (Read: 6 minutes)
Go PLAY!
In honor of Labor Day we are
OUT of OFFICE and OFF to PLAY!
Suggest you do the same :-)!
Politics, Ping Pong, and Play
The opposite of winning isn’t losing. It’s failing to see the larger picture.
Pico Iyer
What ping pong taught me about life (watch: 10 minutes)
Ping-Pong Diplomacy. (Read 2 minutes)
Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.
Boris Johnson
Are Humor & Silliness Lifelines For Sanity?
To truly laugh you must be able to take your pain and laugh with it.
Charlie Chaplain
Viktor Frankl on Humor as a Lifeline to Sanity and Survival, Maria Popova, Brainpickings.com (Read 3 Minutes)
Why It’s Sensible To Be Silly. (Read 7 Minutes)
“Being” Playful
I think it’s something – play – play is something to really think about, you know, because I say that to myself…..
Meredith Monk OnBeing Listen/Read full interview HERE.
“I think that sense of playfulness is the sense of being alive; that’s another aspect of being awake and the fluidity. It’s really about fluidity, about being so in the moment that you are in pinpoint focus, but at the same time, you’re completely open to what the moment has to give you or to tell you. And I think that has to do with the playfulness and people can feel that.”
Meredith Monk OnBeing Listen/Read full interview HERE.
Our Time
This is our time,
this is our work, the elders say.
Stop the blame, the wringing wrenching
fear that hopes
for nothing
everything.
What awaits our yes
amidst this great unknown
is stepping back stepping up
to sacrifice
unexamined rhythms
to find new sanctuary,
gatherings only of intention
to deliver in new form
kindnesses at hand–
necessaries to neighbors
conversations across thresholds
anything you need meaning
don’t be scared.
Walking hand in virtual hand
a brilliant bluebird lights up
the canvas of grey days,
calls far and wide speak of life
unfolding as cherry blossoms
or cloaking as heavy snow
freshly made cookies wrapped
in polka dotted love
wait on doorsteps
to delight.
Courtesy: Amy Webb at www.dramywebb.com.
How to Add More Play to Your Grown-Up Life, Even Now
Play can feel silly, unproductive and time consuming. And that’s precisely the point.
Kristin Wong, Freelance Writer, NYTs, Smarter Living
Don’t let this article on Adults & Play slip by.
If you read **ANYTHING** this month on adults & play make sure it includes Kristin Wong’s New York Times article – “How to Add More Play to Your Grown-Up Life, Even Now.” Trouble accessing? Drop Lulu Clay an email. She can help you out.
Why “Practice”?
PRACTICE
a: Carry out – apply
b: To do or perform often, customarily, or habitually
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Importance of Practice by Jennifer Long at Harvard Business Publishing (Read 4 min).
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just how many times do you “see” PRActice above?
An every day ritual most of us can practice. Walk this way…. credit: The Guardian. (Read 3 min)
Practice makes perfect.
Old English Proverb
And, Why Practice Playfulness? It’s good for our health, our work, connection, and our communities. And why not? We’re all about encouraging more play and playfulness in all of our lives. (Read: 2 minutes)
National Relaxation Day.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
Maya Angelou
National Relaxation Day. Saturday August 15. Chill. Take a Break.
15 Scientific Ways to Relax for National Relaxation Day (Read: 3 minutes)
Play for Wellness – Really?
PLAY is an effective, low-cost, low-impact option for improving the health and wellbeing of the international community.
PLAY IN HEALTHCARE FOR ADULTS edited by Alison Tonkin and Julia Whitaker
Why ‘Playing’ and Not ‘Working’ Through Adversity Can Nurture Mental Well-Being by Paula Toledo @ ThriveGlobal © Ode to Wonder. (Read: 6 minutes)
