Martha Beck teaches us to play until its time to rest, then rest until its time to play, and if it doesnt feel like either, dont do it. Now Im a recovering workaholic and perfectionist, so when Martha told me to play until it was time to rest and then rest until it was time to play, I have to admit I thought that sounded like fun, but it didnt sound practical. Sure, its a nice idea. Sure, its great if your work feels like play and parenting feels like play and household chores feel like play. But if they dont, things still need to get done. Right? Dont we have to just buck up and do boring, tedious, hard things sometimes? I have to admit that while I love Martha, and I usually pay rapt attention to every bit of guidance she offers (because shes usually SPOT ON in my humble opinion), I mostly ignored Marthas guidance on this one. But Ive spent the past week living by this edict, and I have to say, the vibration of this kind of living is extraordinarily high. Part of me wanted to prove her wrong- to conclude that sometimes we just have to WORK, not play or rest. But I must admit, miraculous things have been happening without much efforting on my part this week. I feel like the cosmic forces are snickering at me right now.. Why and how did all this business stuff just fall into place this week while I was playing and resting, as if the vibration of my playful, resting self did the work for me? It makes me think of my friend Beth, who my other friend Anne describes as a human dolphin. Beth is a surfer who knows how to make even the most tedious details of life into play. Every little task is playful, and others respond to her with playful engagement, even the checkout girl at the grocery store and the guy who punches our train tickets. Its no wonder Beth gets upgrades everywhere she travels. Beth has even figured out how to make playing into business. I feel inspired by my one week experiment. What if this actually works? What if we really can live lives of rest and play? Is it totally idealistic? What about when traumatic things happen? What if youre living in a war zone? What if someone you love is dying? Can you still play and rest? What if something about the vibration of rest and play activates some sort of energetic autopilot that makes things happen- at least those things that are in Divine alignment- without a whole lot of work? I dont know the answer. But Im curious, and I hope its true! I wonder what you think...
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:49:56 +0000
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