Fun

Have you seen the river otters at Mill Creek? Sightings are not nearly as frequent as I’d like, but they’re wonderful. These critters are diving swimming, rolling, playing, eating in small groups. They remind me of my childhood summers. I am game for fun whether it’s rollerskating, swimming, a dance party, a bagel-baking party, craft night, inventing dirty limericks, writing entertaining stories for my friends.

You can try to schedule fun and arrange the details so that it might fall into place, but really you have to come at it sideways with a little flexibility and sense of adventure. I’m not talking the Clark Griswold “quest for fun” kind of fun. That’s a little scary and frenetic. That could end in tears and/or jail time.

Fun has a lot of overlap with flow for me. Both are places where the brain’s anxious overthinking takes a back seat. You have to be fully present in the moment–Bryan’s famous “be here now” works in crisis, but it’s essential in fun and play, too.

I’m thankful for those in my life who seek fun and make sure I don’t miss out. They dance in the grocery store (to what are seemingly all bangers right now.) They play dress up and make-believe simply because they can. They can make the most mundane activity or chore seem like the best party of all time. They remind me that fun shared is the most fun of all.

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