Last week I took Charlie to one of our favorite parks. It was the first warm day of the year. The first day to play without jackets, and the boy went wild. He ran from slides to swings to climbers, and none of them could keep his interest for more than a minute. He was so excited to try them all. It was pure unbridled joy.
I think we all feel this newfound energy in the spring, especially in cold weather climates. New life is sprouting, the earth is coming alive again. The birds are returning and with them the background music that accompanies our summer. At last our hibernation is over.
Spring has brought about a change in me, and I have been realizing that I want to bring more joy into my life. I feel a longing to spend more time with friends. I want to play more. I want to put aside my to do list and the serious tasks that I have gotten caught up in. I want to stop trying to do everything perfectly, and just focus on having fun.
I think fun is a great antidote to perfect. If you focus on having fun, then perfect doesn't really matter. There is no perfect way to have fun, because fun is spontaneous and wild and riddled with imperfections. When you are focused on just having fun, it doesn't matter if your house is messy when friends come over. It doesn't matter if your best laid plans fall apart at the last minute, because something else wonderful can come out of that.
So this spring and summer, my intention is to focus on fun, and enjoying life. I have a feeling that wonderful things might come of this.
