Getting Personal
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A colleague of mine, Lori Grayson, posted on her Facecrack wall yesterday the following: “Did you know that the ancient Greek words for education/culture (paideia), play (paidia), and children (paides) all have the same root? Plato said, ‘You can learn more from an hour of play than from a year of talking.’ What are you doing to play today?”
Well, I thought that was a damn fine question, not to mention apropos. I’ve thought I was too old to get Spring Fever (especially in August), but I’ve noticed it’s been harder than usual to stay focused and keep my nose to the grindstone the way I usually do. So, when I read Lori’s post, it really reminded me that maybe I’m experiencing all that because I need to play.
I also remembered that one of the reasons I left the corporate world oh so many moons ago was because I wanted to do what my heart was driving me to do, but I also wanted freedom…particularly the freedom to have more fun. However, as any entrepreneur knows, it often turns out you can work harder on your own than you had to do
in a J-O-B.
I’ve also come to the stunning realization that I have room to learn how to play again, and I need more of it…we ALL do. I’ve come to see that Serious-itis (the condition of taking yourself and life way too seriously to an excessive degree) is one of my biggest maladies. So, today, I’m doing something about it. I’m going to combine love and play (already pretty intertwined, now that I think of it). I’m thrilled to get to share Les Miserables with my beloved Sarah, who’s never seen it (I saw it in London in 1999 and LOVED it). Once this issue is sent to your email box, we’re off to Denver to spend today and tomorrow doing something we’ve never done in the 5 years we’ve been living on the Front Range: we’re going to be tourists. To celebrate our Anniversary a week late, we’re going to go to places in Denver we’ve never been to, luxuriate at a B&B in town, go see Les Miz tonight ( a play about freedom and love), and then do more bumming around tomorrow. In the middle of the week, no less!
Ah…freedom. It’s only good if you honor it and exercise it. What can you do to play today or in the next few? Pick something and do it, I suggest.
On another note, I wanted to let you know that I’m making a pretty significant change to this little eZine (which I’m happy to say is growing in readership…thanks to those of you who are sharing/forwarding issues to your friends and colleagues!). Beginning next week, instead of coming out on Wednesdays, it will come out every Saturday morning. I am testing this out because I know I tend to be able to be more focused on things like this I receive from others on weekends. So, I’m curious to see if more people who subscribe will read it on a weekend than may have the time to do in the middle of a work week. If you have any feedback on that, drop me a line.
Lastly, I am in the process of making some big changes to my websites and programs that I think you’re going to like, and I want to include you in it. So, I am conducting an anonymous survey to help me learn more about what people are interested in learning, what draws one’s attention, and what kinds of pulses are happening in relationships out there. If you would be kind enough to participate, I would deeply appreciate it. It will not put you on any other or different mailing list (it doesn’t even ask for your email). All you have to do is click on this link click here, answer the questions, and hit the “Submit” button on the bottom .
Thanks in advance for your help, and have a safe, wonderful holiday weekend.
Many blessings to you and your loved ones,
Geoff Laughton
Relationship Recovery Coaching
Geoff helps couples get the relationship back with each other that they’ve been dreaming of instead of continuing to live the one they’ve been settling for.
Geoff is a Master Relationships Recovery Coach who has spent the last 15 years guiding individuals and couples worldwide in re-energizing and re-inventing their relationships – with themselves and others – before they get irreparably damaged. This, combined with his 29 years as a loving husband and father, has provided Geoff with the real-life experience needed to guide others in rescuing and renewing the relationships into which so much time, love, and energy have been invested – and need not be wasted.
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