Life is messy and scary and often feels unsafe.Yep.. that about sums it up. So now we’ve got that out of the way – Let’s look at what’s left.
We can give up trying to stay safe, secure and all polished with a fancy hairdo.
We don’t have to pretend we have it all together, that we’re accomplished and know all the answers.
Or that we have enough money for our retirement, that everything always stays the same, or that we have any kind of control over life.
We can be free!!
We can be just like we were when we were, say, 5. When we’d fallen down a few times, not always got what we wanted (pleeese mum – just 5 more minutes of TV before bed?!) and been frightened by the weird shadow in our room that we were SURE was the bogey man out from under the bed.
But we still believed anything was possible, we still carried on trying to ride our bike and falling off it, we still tried to wheedle mum into giving us 5 more minutes before bed even though we very rarely won.
We were still amazed and full of wonder at the things we saw in the world around us. We still had fun with leaves and a stream – whose ‘boat’ would win? (Or was that just my dad and I?)
So today – be 5 again – go on! Just forget all the grown-up crap and live your life on the edge, unafraid to ask for what you want, but not really caring if you don’t get it, and without worrying about superannuation or retirement funds… or whether you should have that last piece of cheesecake or not - just have it!
Free your spirit and let life flow through you.
Then tell me about how your day was.
