Today- in lieu of wellness [a nugget of truth on health and well-being].
This week has been particularly fun……
Fun is important… or the “ness” of the word. How much fun-ness have you had this week?
{Playing}“Is it in your vocabulary ?”
Madeleine L’ Engle says:
“One of the greatest weapons of all is laughter a gift for fun a sense of play which is sadly missing from the grown-up world.”
We are designing- fashioning-outfitting- our album cover. This has led me to search goodwills antique shops yard sales and any other rummage atmosphere. I am also not limited to digging under my bed and making various calls to good friends-petitioning to borrow such items as feathers 1920’s hat aprons suspenders and overalls. These are just a few items I have gathered as props. NOTE: these are merely ideas My possibility pool really feels like a storm. A tangled mess of inspirations that have to be sorted through.
Yesterday I walked into goodwill and spotted this glorious hat.
It matched my outfit perfectly. I put it on instantly I felt stunning and had that extra spring in my step. I bought the hat and wore it for the rest of the shopping excursion. Later at TG Maxx I was stopped by a women. She said “I love the way your dressed I imagine you had fun putting that outfit together. Is’nt it fun being a girl.”?
There is the word… two times. {Fun}. I was overjoyed that my outfit said {fun} to someone. Another stranger stopped me later emphatically stating they liked my outfit
.Oh – and then there was the man in Ross who said sarcastically to his wife… “Hey you should get a hat like that”… she wrinkled her face in disgust.
Hey that’s cool. I’ve been realizing that as I am free to REALLY be who I am- not everyone will like it. Im getting cool with that.
Getting-being the operative word. It’s a journey people.
I had a photographic artist friend who happens to be a fashion genius. She came over to have a stylist session with me. It was crazy fun. I say crazy cause I actually felt a twinge of guilt- it just seemed like too much fun to be having on a Monday afternoon as the mother of two. We laughed and giggled in my room while trying various outfits I had pieced together and then modeling said outfits for Shannon. We curled my hair (like the 50’s) tried on different dresses with different aprons red high heels various hats. Antique props.
I’m having fun.
Buying overalls for Shannon at Wal-mart (which are hot – by the way). Putting on red lipstick. Trying on “housewife dresses”.
Being days away from finishing a long awaited project.
There was a time I felt the need to always be in a hurry rushing and working hard. Fun– it was not something I allowed too often.
Pshaw– with that stinkin stinkin- experiencing fun and play is essential for my well- being.
I am sending a shout out to all the grown ups in the house…… have a sense of play ask Daddy God for a gift of fun .
I leave you with some more words from the beloved Madeleine L’ Engle: “Laughter breaks down wall.” (CIRCLE OF QUIET Crosswick Journal v. 1)
And a phrase from the Proverbs ( 17:22)
Laughter doeth good like medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones
If laughter is a weapon let’s use it~
I dare to say- Life is fun (this week at least)!