Enjoy

I was at the park today with my son and noticed how all the children ran around and enjoyed themselves. I started thinking about how each of these children were playing on each set in the playground and enjoying themselves. The children just enjoyed playing. None of them seemed to see the ladders, the slides, the monkey bars, the swings as jobs. I began thinking about how as adults we turn things that should be fun into jobs and chores. We have so much trouble just enjoying the ups and downs of life. We get frustrated about having to climb up to enjoy the slide down. We get angry when we have a slide down and have to climb up again. We forget that life is here to enjoy.

After looking at the way things are on this earth, here's what I've decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of whatever job you have for as long as God gives you life. And that's about it. That's the human lot. Yes, we should make the most of what God gives, both the bounty and the capacity to enjoy it, accepting what's given and delighting in the work. It's God's gift! God deals out joy in the present, the now. It's useless to brood over how long we might live.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

So today see life as a playground and your job, the daily activities, as the fun playground of life. Enjoy climbing, sliding, running, spinning, swinging, jumping, and playing! Play well with those around you and be kind. Enjoy the daily gift from God you have!

Namaste'