Today I give gratitude for play. My husband and I took his business trip and turned it into a playday. We rode up to North Adams and went to a plant and checked a lot of metal with a little gauge. I met my husband’s business associates, and then we went to lunch at a quiet little New England pub. Our ride back to the cape was serene, with short stops to Lowe’s and Dunkin Donuts. Inland temperatures were in the 90’s, so it was pleasant to arrive back to the Cape’s cool sea breezes. We topped off our day in the car with a bike ride around the neighborhood and down to the beach.
When I was a child, I always wished we lived on a cul de sac where I could jump on my bike and ride around the neighborhood, but I was brought up on a rural road in upstate NY where no mother would allow her children out of the driveway either by bike or by foot.
I so appreciate that my childhood wish has been granted and now I do live in a lovely little cul de sac by the sea. I make an effort to put aside adult ways and take time to indulge in child’s play. I walk my beach neighborhood everyday. I jump over the waves at low tide. I make pictures in the sand. I write and draw on rocks. I hop on my bike and ride around each street, paying attention to things that can’t be seen in a car. Ahhh….time out from being an adult revives and refreshes the mind, body, and spirit. Do it. Put aside your adult ways and go play as a child. Creativity is unleashed and new perspectives are gained.
And so, as another day goes by, I settle with hubby’s burgers off the grill, and chilled Pinot Grigio to watch the Red Sox beat the Yankees and the Bruins beat the Canucks – back to playing like an adult, life is good, and…I have written.
We forget sometimes the beauty and joy of childlike play and wonderment. How wonderful as a child to just live in the present and to see the world as new things to explore, new things to enjoy.
You pass though times of fear, responsibility, “the burden of finding your place in life” and then if you are lucky you pop out on the other side and get to experience that growth, that wonder, that being present in the moment.
Thanks for reminding me how much i love that childlike play and wonder