Life Guide For Women

Pull out your fairy wings

We are taught to be adults to be serious, conscientious, to be concerned with adult type business and not to be swayed into moments of childish nonsense. We are conditioned to seek certain adult activities which give us status and leverage among our peers. We are taught to earn the money, buy fancy possessions and then stress about how to pay off the credit card.

What this generation has lost however is the ability to have spontaneous unplanned moments of happiness and joy. We have lost the ability to be carefree and worry free. We are so concerned what the world thinks of us and our behaviour we modify what we do to suit society’s norms.

Be honest how many times do you see parents getting down and dirty with their children? How many parents do you know who are willing to let their guard down and get covered in silliness with their children? How many parents are in the back yard playing chase, or rolling in the leaves, or making mud cakes, not many probably.

How many adults do you see devouring an ice cream and being unconcerned that it is dripping down their chin? How many adults know how to forget to be adults because really that’s what it boils down to.

We all need to bring out our fairy wings and splash in the puddle and don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it because I know you have! We have this mistaken impression that once you are an adult all spontaneous play must stop. Rubbish it stops because we are too embarrassed to let anyone see us enjoy stuffing the whole piece of chocolate cake in our mouth. We are too conditioned to be upright and serious. We need a release from all the seriousness we need a break from the adult world of commitments and responsibilities sometimes.

The world won’t fall down because we did something simply because it felt good. No one is going to send the fun police to our door if we are caught on the playground swings or caught with a comic book in our back pocket.

You have to have the ability to be spontaneous and enjoy life in the moment. You have to find happiness and belly laughs in the small things so that you can cope with the big things. Who cares who sees you laughing at Toy Story or playing dress up with your daughter? So pull out your fairy wings put aside your worries for a moment and let your inner child free. Happiness is a life skill we have to practice daily or we will lose the ability to bring it into our lives….go on just do it!!!!!!!!!!!!