If you are an adult of this planet, I think this post needs your attention. All of us, in our everyday’s hustles are slowly forgetting about the beautiful journey we are in, called LIFE. We are so stuck up with the smaller issues in life that we are not giving ourselves permission to look into the bigger picture.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” William Shakespeare
We are actors with our different roles which we need to act with a touch of detachment but is it really happening?
Honestly, how many of us can actually raise our arms and say that we are not attached to the roles we play whether its professional or personal. We carry the roles with us as a baggage. The baggage keeps on becoming heavier and heavier but we refuse to let go of it.
I am not saying stop playing your part but what I am trying to convey here is you need to also remember that all these roles are temporary.Take some time out and enjoy the beautiful journey of life. The ride can get bumpy sometimes, but it is okay…let it be!
If the life you are leading now is what you wanted all along and you are happy; you’re right on track but if it is different then you need to sit back and reflect.
Where did it go wrong? When was the last time I actually had fun? A lot of you are going to think if we are going to have fun, who will do the work? Are you doing things you like doing or are you wasting the precious time of your life?
I am not advocating procrastination of work but I am trying to make you understand the importance of taking some time out to care for yourself. Self care is the most under hyped thing in this world. Once somebody shared this with me, which till date I am not able to forget:
” The way we treat ourselves, if somebody else will treat us even close to that way; we will kill the person”
Why the moment we think about ourselves, we start feeling guilty? Especially in Indian culture, which is based on the tradition of sacrifices, the mere thought of thinking about yourself is being selfish. We keep on doing our duties but at the same time crib and complain so much, that at the end our lives become nothing else but a complaint box. We love to find faults with everything else but refuse to see the change we could make. Fine, there is a problem but does that means we should stop our life there only?
Come out of your ifs and buts. Be positive!It is time. Think about a positive person in your life and how you crave to the company of his. Don’t think about things you can’t change or control and if you’ve a problem with it please refer to the Serenity Prayer. I always refer to it and guess what, it works!
Remember our slam books from childhood which talked about hobbies and we used to happily fill it with different activities. What about now? Any idea what a hobby is?
All of us are different and so the solution is also going to be different. Find something which really refreshes you; it can be as simple as following your favorite nonsense sitcom. Life is too heavy, don’t make it unbearable. Get out of your cocoon and start living it. Even if you’ve a major share of problems to deal with; trust me a little fun is not gonna do any harm.
If you are a person you want to live life by going back to the cocoon, do that. There are no written rules of how to live life. Until & unless you are not hurting yourself or someone else you are on the right track. You just need to be honest to yourself, the rest of the world will take care of itself 🙂
As the Unwritten song by Natasha Bedingfield beautifully sums it: 
Drench yourself with words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten.
For a change, be selfish and think about yourself, be stupid, funny, laugh, cry, hug, jump…LIVE YOUR LIFE!!!
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Comments on: "Life is fun…Live it!" (6)
Natasha, You’re so right on. We suffer in this culture from “one more thingitis” and often as a school psychologist, due to case over-loads, I feel more like a human doing than a human being… Until I sit face to face with a student and am reminded of why I chose my profession. At the end of life, we will have left our relationships and memories—hopefully of positive connections and time spent being in those moments fully.
You are so right Luanne…I can so relate to it. I am sure other professions also suffer from this.
I really needed this. May be its a telepathy. The other day I was thinking of calling you and asking you how to get out of all this negativity. Perhaps,its time for detachment from all the roles and think about myself…for the time-being 🙂
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I loved reading it……..as it reflects the kind of life i live…..n these r strictly the principles i live by…..n will continue to……
The things u have written are quite right and applicable only when u are single and dont have any serious responsibilities.I also agree that we should live life fully.But sometimes its necessary to find happiness in others joy. But it is also correct that if u are doing something for any body do it and forget it.its the true joy in my opinion.