What if...?

Yeah, soooo...It's been a little while. Let's try this again.

I am sitting in my living room, the kids are in bed (mostly), the wife is out getting ready for her first day of business tomorrow (check out http://graciegirlsboutique.com/), Delirious is on the CD player (can you say "old school"?) and I am putting off doing small domestic-type chores to help out a bit. I know, you are thinking to yourself that I am livin' the life. Don't let that little green eyed monster of jealousy overtake you.

I have been thinking lately (seriously!) about what the role of play is in our lives. Research tells us that, in children, play is some serious business. It is how they learn how things work, how to solve problems, how to develop relationships, how to get along in life and so much more. As we grow up, play stays in the realm of childhood. We have to become serious, focused and responsible. A lot of times, growing up sucks the life right out of us.

What if we didn't lose that bit of play that seems to be innately in us? I understand that we do need to grow up and there are things in life that do demand our serious attention. I fully agree that we need to step into responsibility that life sends our way. But what if we approached all of life with a sense of play?

What if we enjoyed our work? What if we got down on the floor and played with our kids? What if our marriages retained the life of our dating era? What if we joined a kickball league? What if we splashed in the puddles in the rain? What if...?

I have been reading the blog of Kevin Carroll for a couple of years now and I love what he has to say about play. He has taken play to the place of not only being serious business in the lives of children, but being serious business in the lives of adults. Play can be used in the corporate world to enhance creativity and teamwork as well as to bring social change to third world countries. Play is an amazing opportunity to see the world around us a little differently and open up the possibilities of life and what we can do with it. Check out Kevin's blog at http://www.kevincarrollkatalyst.com/ .

Play a little tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. Let me know how it works out for you.

Peace.