health and wellness

Be A Kid Again 

Once in a while it is important to allow yourself to being a kid again. Not only is it healthy, but it’s okay! Stopping to smell the roses along the way in life can keep us not only vibrant, but youthful in spirit. Life poses so many different demands and responsibilities, that if not kept in some sort of balance, we can fall prey to becoming old, tired, and bitter well before our time. To find the stillness and silence in our mind and body is to wipe the slate clean, and clear the playing field. From a place of stillness and silence, it’s so much easier to come to new experiences with fresh perspective. Taking a break to center the Self is like soup to the soul.

Reminiscing Childhood

I watched from a park bench with envy while longing for the days of being a young child with little or no responsibility and an uncanny ability to live fully in the moment. Sitting there, I remembered what it was like to being a child without a care in the world, whose thoughts ran wildly and free. If only for a moment everyday, we would stop to notice the beauty that surrounds us and once more become our child self in its most simplest and purest forms, our souls would surely smile. As the Buddha said, “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” 

Here are some daily thoughts on how to restore the simplicity of childhood to your life:

1. Walk barefoot in wet grass.
2. Read the funnies. Throw the rest of the paper away.
3. Try to get someone to trade you a better sandwich.
4. Wear your favorite shirt with your favorite pants even if they don’t match.
5. Jump rope and play a game of hop scotch.
6. Eat desert first.
7. Buy some bubble gum and blow the biggest bubbles you can.
8. Walk in the rain without an umbrella.
9. Giggle for no reason.
10. Stay up past your bedtime.
11. Cuddle on a carousel.
12. Buy your lover a stuffed animal and name it together.
13. Challenge each other to a pillow fight.
14. Visit the zoo, theme or water park. Share cotton candy with your partner.  
15. Walk to the park. Have a picnic, lay down and look up at a tall tree. Swing
16. Write your names on a balloon and watch it drift off in the breeze.
17. Hula hoop.
18. Wear your lover’s shirt around the house.
19. Go dancing more often.
20. Watch looney toons on T.V.