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Life is just a serious as we wish to make it — but why not play instead?
I was struck today again by all the bad news in our world every night and day. With 24/7/365 cable "news" cycles, network news cycles, Internet news and blogs, daily newspapers and all the rest -- it seems we get a heavy dose of doom and gloom over, and over, and over, and OVER again.
Really, you've got to keep busy and pace yourself on all the media content out there, or you'll crack up. (I just heard a horrible, tragic news story about a woman who committed suicide in a last-ditch effort to leave her family insurance money to avoid a home foreclosure. How tragic is that!)
There was an old line on the now-ancient television series, "MASH," delivered by the show's often visiting psychiatrist. It was meant to be flip and irreverent, except it came off filled with the sort of wisdom that'll help you get through some tough times in life. You remember the line? It was one of the last lines in the entire series, and the last line the psychiatrist, Sidney Freedman, spoke on the show. Went something like this:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
The more frantic life gets, the more that sense of fun and playfulness appeals to me! I've never been much for video games -- I barely know a Wii from a PS3, and I've played neither. My idea of "play" means to just enjoy wholeheartedly the joy of being alive, making a game out of life's obstacles, and turning "challenges" into opportunities, to paraphrase some cliches.
How about you? Ready to put the doom and gloom aside today? Ready to go through your day with a sense of joy and playfulness -- regardless of circumstances trying to drag you down? Join me in diligently seeking to take time for living every minute of the day!
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