Years ago I saw the movie 'State and Main'. In one scene the main character, who is filming a movie in a small provincial town, asks a local woman what they 'do for fun around here'. Her reply really struck me and has stayed with me:
"Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment."
So after years of that percolating in me, I have at long last decided to set out on an adventure to see how much fun I can make, for the rest of my life! Making fun, rather than trying to find fun or seek entertainment, I feel is perhaps one of the most excellent choices I have made. It is available not only on the weekend, on a night out, or at a party or event, but anytime we choose. Making fun is being play-full, or full of playfulness, and connecting to this nature in me feels totally integral to the process of falling madly in love with myself, and everyone around me! I used to seek out my 'fun friends' thinking I needed them for this fun-making activity. Oh yes, I still want to play with these experts of fun, my newly identified mentors, but why leave the burden on them? What had come to feel like a limited pool, I am now sensing as a vast ocean of un-tapped fun-making-ness in me! I sense it in you, too.
"Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment."
So after years of that percolating in me, I have at long last decided to set out on an adventure to see how much fun I can make, for the rest of my life! Making fun, rather than trying to find fun or seek entertainment, I feel is perhaps one of the most excellent choices I have made. It is available not only on the weekend, on a night out, or at a party or event, but anytime we choose. Making fun is being play-full, or full of playfulness, and connecting to this nature in me feels totally integral to the process of falling madly in love with myself, and everyone around me! I used to seek out my 'fun friends' thinking I needed them for this fun-making activity. Oh yes, I still want to play with these experts of fun, my newly identified mentors, but why leave the burden on them? What had come to feel like a limited pool, I am now sensing as a vast ocean of un-tapped fun-making-ness in me! I sense it in you, too.
Of course I have made lots of fun in my life, but never since my childhood have I made such a conscious commitment to the living of it. I also admit that in the past I sometimes looked for fun as a distraction from myself, or sought it out through altering myself with substances. While that sort of fun still felt titalating, there were often some not so fun consequences. I personally am now jiving with making some pure, clean, in-connection-with-me sort of fun. Will this be easy? Sometimes yes, other times I may need a bit of help to remind me. Thankfully, I do not travel alone, as I have the great fortune of living with a 10 year old boy and an 8 year old girl, who are true experts in this sort of fun-making field. For this piece of writing my other companion is Dr. Seuss, but any other eager playmates are welcome to come along as well! I know many of you have been walking this road for a while......your insights on mastering self-loving, fun-loving, playful living are requested!
I felt to end with sharing this as, although entertainment, the Mahna Mahna guy rocks it out as my fun-making maniac hero. En-joy!!
I felt to end with sharing this as, although entertainment, the Mahna Mahna guy rocks it out as my fun-making maniac hero. En-joy!!
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