Play

I just posted video from a kayak trip we took over the weekend. Someone already added the message, “You guys know how to have a good time.” A leader from another paddling club emailed me, “You always hit home runs.” I also received an email from a former classmate, “Still rockin’ after all these years.”

No doubt about it and no secret, either. It eludes some, but I think the key is play. Kids have fun because they play. Many adults don’t because they lost that inclination. As I’ve written before, each day is a brick in the house that is our life. You build a happy life with happy bricks. You can have fun every day with the right attitude and by surrounding yourself with people who are like-minded.

I was having the discussion about adults losing that capacity with an acquaintance. He responded with, “I play golf.”

No, he practices golf, or whatever verb might describe it. He might even enjoy it. But, he surely doesn’t play or he’d be a happier person. There is an element of child-like that’s required. Whatever component of that is playful, that’s it.

I grew up with some people who never had it and were old well before their time. Me, I never intend to lose it.