Frivolity
A worthwhile endeavour
FUN
is how we get through life.
I put this picture up on instagram recently. It got alot of love! I look at that photo - it is pure joy. Not sure what amused us so, but it was authentically unbridled, great, big belly laughter!
I know I spend alot of time writing about challenges. It is my aim to be useful to you in helping navigate & articulate these times. And to know that you are not alone in your unknowing state.
Because often that’s what it is - not really knowing how or why we feel the way we do, or not being able to say what the problem actually is ( sometimes the problem is not actually the problem, it’s the thing that lies beneath the problem). It’s a conundrum.
Ultimately we want to be available for the fun stuff, & yes, give me those great big belly laughs on a regular basis anytime. To do so requires us to release stuff we carry. Some often unnecessarily.
I sit in a solution based place when it comes to my work - identifying, then offering not just pithy, yet well intentioned words, but actual strategies to help. Mostly I ask the questions because solutions are particular to each individual.
There is an importance, in fact an insistence, of integrating delight to balance out the never ending noise that threatens to overwhelm. To be the up to the downs.
Fun can look like an action. It is also attitude. To be able to carry around the desire to uncover the possibility of something being other than what it is ( even when sometimes it really sucks).
I am well aware that terrible things happen. I’m not always grateful all of the time. And I am definitely not skipping through life with a smile on my face in every moment. Sometimes wading through the proverbial swamp is where I am at. I am not going to perpetuate a falsehood of pretending to be happy when that is not the case.
Being human means we suffer & struggle. We can’t whitewash it. However, we can make space to allow ourselves the full experience of what it means to be human. Because this makes way for empathy, compassion, & healing.
When we rumble around in the murkiness and reflect on how we are feeling, we get to have a glimpse into how others might feel in their flavor of darkness.
And that makes us a better human.
I can’t talk about what it means to have a Moore Nourishing Life, if we don’t dip our toes into what it means not to. It’s not gloomy or pessimistic to do so, just reality. And with addiction rates for alcohol, drugs, food, shopping, sex, the internet, the way they are, we are spending a whole lot of time trying to distract ourselves & numb the pain away from all the things that make us feel uncomfortable, so it makes sense to address the icky bits.
Seeking the things that help us be more buoyant are our life rafts.
Our life rafts can come from both external & internal sources. They can be things, experiences or they can be our people.
Pursuing sustainable ways of being allows us to live well, adjusting to whatever comes our way.
Reminding us ( because I am always in need of a bit of a nudge too), to weave in delight - this is essential for a Moore Nourishing Life.
We have one life. Only the one.
Being aware of the fragility of life helps us to amplify living life on full volume, embracing it all, so that when the hard stuff comes we know that there is light on the other side.
People, places, experiences fill us up. Find them. Remember them.Integrate them. They will help navigate our way through hard times.
And FINALLY…
Tomorrow Bookings will be open for 2 Retreats I have put in the diary:
March 31st in Sawtell - North Coast NSW
May 19th in Coolah - North West NSW with Jillie Arnott from Coolah Creek
Have a delightful week won’t you?
Love
Me
Just One Thing For Today:
Tell me how do you have fun?
What you might have missed on Instagram this week
