Tuesday Slice: Learning to play again

 

play

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verb

ˈplā 

played; playing; plays

Synonyms of play

intransitive verb

1

a

: to engage in sport or recreation : frolic

--definition from Merriam Webster Online Dictionary

Slowly but surely, 

I am learning to play again

    Try something new, without fear of judgement

    Poking and looping and laughing

    Making mistakes without consequences

I am learning to play again

    Rip and cut, tear and glue, repeat

    Allowing time to pass without need for a product

    Choosing I Can over I Should

I am learning to play again 

    With bright colors to reflect the heat

    Lifting my mood with patterns and comfort

    Applying lipstick to match, just because

Play will be an important theme for this last trimester of living!

I am finally taking my own advice from a book I read back in 2014!  You can read a bit about it from my blogpost about Play, by Stuart Brown.