So holy smokes finding this after almost three years!! It was good looking back at the last three posts and remembering why I started this blog. I'm stuck in a basic 9-5 job, stuck on the hamster wheel that is paying bills, and any number of mundane things that hold us back from enjoying life. Not saying that I don't enjoy life though. I've got great friends, great family, and a great non-work passion : DUST TO DUST: A BRIEF HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE. (yeah shameless plug!)
It's always an uplifting thing for me when I stumble across things from the old days like this blog. Seeing where I was, realizing how far I've come. A friend was just talking to me last night and pointing out some great things in my life at a time when I was really being down on myself.
I was recently introduced to the Dreamworks Pictures movie "Rise of the Guardians".
(picture property of Dreamworks)
I know it's an animated movie, but sometimes these kids movies are more important for us adults to watch. Since for some, the message needs to be a bit more blunt or obvious to get through our thick adult skulls.
In the movie we meet Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost. Each is a guardian of children in some way. Santa provides and protects the wonder in children, Easter bunny protects the hope, Sandman the dreams. I was trying to understand what the Tooth Fairy protects, and I guess it has to be the memories of childhood (since that is what she explicitly explains to Jack as a part of the plot line.) She explains to Jack that it isn't the Teeth they collect that is important, but the memories they hold. They protect the teeth because when we need help remembering what is truly important, they help us. So basically what they say is that what is truly important to remember are the memories of childhood.
So here is the tip for today, :
TIP #4- REMEMBER WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT. Take a moment today or in the next few days and look back at old pictures of yourself. From college, or high school, or even elementary school. Look at what you were doing 10-20-30 years ago and see how far you've come. See what you valued back then and think about why that has changed. What was your favorite childhood memory? Take a moment to breath today and think on that.
And always remember to PLAY!
