Play, a Key to Faith and Trust
Sometimes faith and trust fade. They can be particularly elusive when we allow our stressors to get out of control. I’m not immune. So many opportunities to reach happiness we chase with self-doubt. Yet, those of us with adhd don’t have to reach that far. Bending down is all it will take, that 3yr old (for me), maybe you were 7 or 8 or was it 4 or 5, stepping in to the joyful, playful, full-hearted soul you are. It is still there. It was kicked out of you like the wind. The pieces that fell away are so very close. Bring them back and own them once more. Breathe.
I love the break from work, thinking, too hard. Whatever you do to break from work can teach you so much. The 50/50 rule – first decide how much time you want to spend doing an activity you want to avoid before you stop and spend the same time playing. Then find work and play are both part of WORK, your mission, your passion. Linear time and activity is so different from creative time. Creatives, oooh I love that so much, more than ADDers and all the rest. (Relax, it’s just a mindset.) Play is actually a lot of the work of children. Play is unfettered. Clear and Free. WORK lives in play.
I’ve “graduated” from my 50/50 rule. Sort of. It’s just that what use to be work, when I let it, transcends and becomes play – like now. Writing to you, swaying to Al Jarreau. “I’ll get by.” And just now, my little girl puppy, Sasha says it’s time to come in. So in she comes.
When faith and trust fade, look to your playing. Al sings, “You don’t want to see me.” Hmmm, when WORK becomes work, do you see yourself? When it seems too hard, it might be. Trust. Let what’s easy be easy.
If you don’t know me, you may think, how obscure. Know me and what I say may still seem obscure. If you’re meant to be here something will tug at you. Stick around. I’d love to be part of you getting it, defining it, or joining me to share it. Stick around, or come back. I’ll tell you what helped me put this in words. (It might help you.) And, please do show up. Share your spirit in words. However you speak them is right. Well, except if it’s not. L)
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Cathy, I love the way you talked about play…
From our play comes our passion…
When things get too hard,
life becomes flat and joyless…
How easy it is to get hooked into feeling we have to do it “right” or
“right now” before we can do anything else… Wow…what a way to
kill the fun!