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Play Anyway

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?”

~ Satchel Paige

Play anyway. Play even if no one approves. Create without purpose. Experiment. Make mistakes. Make nonsense. Make more mistakes. Forget finesse. Lose track of time. Delve. Turn off the editor. Play hooky. Become one with something larger. Jettison pretence. Discover. Forego the expected. Follow curiosity. Gaze past the toes curled over the edge of the diving board. Wing it. Judge not. Invent the uninventable. Ring a friend’s doorbell and ask them to come out and play, right now, while the light from the setting sun is so beautiful. Engage deeply. Frolic with abandon. Turn the clock toward the wall. Shrug off the armour. Wiggle the toes. Drool. Dirty the hands. Be sloppy. Make so many mistakes new realms hove into view. Pursue passions with tenacity. Disregard the fine points in favour of the feeling. Waste time. Hang the jaw in a stupor. Daydream until the cows come home. Engage the senses. Embrace irreverence. Indulge. Shed. Woolgather. Dig. Fling. Guess. Jump.

Why?

Joy. Connection. Power beyond the merely mortal.

How?

Practice.

“Work? Give me a break, I was just there yesterday.”

~ Anonymous

“I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I’m leaving.”

~ Steven Wright

Play aid: The Joy of Not Working, by Ernie J. Zelinski

Photo by Ingeborg Mundhenk

This was written by ownerceo. Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 1:00 am. Filed under Books, Creativity. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

4 Comments

  1. Bonnie Grussing wrote:

    Loved it–especially timely as I’ve been taking a THursday night Landmark seminar about Living Passionately and the main possibility we’ve invented is being playful!

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 4:30 am | Permalink
  2. Andrea Ballard wrote:

    I love the quote “Work? Give me a break, I was just there yesterday.”

    Especially since I work every other day:-)

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
  3. Grace Kerina wrote:

    Bonnie, thank you.

    I’ve heard a lot about Landmark seminars. If you check in here again I’d love to know how you’re enjoying it, particularly the enticingly titled seminar you’re currently taking.

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
  4. buzzman wrote:

    Greets! Really funny. Big ups! Tnx! Saw!

    Monday, October 27, 2008 at 3:59 am | Permalink

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