Your inner sillyness

When was the last time you laughed out loud? When was the last time you played at Chuck E Cheese? When was the last time you squawked back at the geese in the park? So much of our lives we have to be prim and proper. We have so much we have to get done in the daily grind of life. We don't get to be silly.

I have to honestly say that is a wonderful part of my occupation. I get to be silly. I get to act like a big ol' goofball at times and that is ok. I get to jump around at a concert, get to play in the mud. I get to play gross games. Not many people can say that they get paid to be silly.

So why be silly? Why is it needed? Hmm. Good question. For me, I get an adrenaline rush. Jumping around with my high schoolers at an awesome concert enlivens me. It wakes up my spirit. That being said, I am usually worn out like crazy the next day. These old bones ain't what they used to be. So, do I stop? HECK NO!!

One of my groups favorite games is Spoons (the fast paced card game). They love it. We get vicious. We usually let all our guards down and just be incredibly competitive and goofy.

A week or so ago, I saw a "Wife Swap" episode (yes incredibly stupid show - I needed some mindless boobtube). This particular episode, the one lady participated in Laughter Yoga. Ok, she was crazy. She just laughed and laughed and giggled and was, well crazy. She thought that all of life was fun. As much as I thought she was crazy, and so did the family she was put into -- she taught them and me something. She was thrown into a family of straightlaced, play by the book, all of life is a chore people. By the end of her laughing stupidness -- she opened their eyes that it was ok to let go and laugh. All of life was not supposed to be going through the motions. Sometimes we just have to be goofy. It ain't easy.

So, this week amidst the daily chores and stuff that I have to get done, I want to embrace my inner sillies, find ways to laugh at the world, find that it is ok to sometimes be a kid.