BLOG 225—PLAY—For Your Heath!

With my words, I hope to throw some oblique light upon your life.
I want to inspire you to see life differently or better.

*** The joy I am experiencing in life is a marvelous thing!
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BE TAKEN AWAY WITH ME
ON WONDERFUL ADVENTURES!

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TOPIC FOR THIS WEEK—Playtime!
 
Picking a subject to write about each week is pretty straightforward. This can have a theme of pretty much anything. I do hope you are enjoying reading about the topics I choose.
 
I’ve written about play, joy, and living a happy life in the past. Consider breaking this text into smaller paragraphs to make it easier to read and digest. The long blocks of text can be overwhelming for some readers, and breaking them up can improve the flow and readability. That is why I write the way I do.
In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus heavily on work and family commitments, and we always need more time for fun. Play should be a part of every life.  Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing; we “turned” into adults.
 
When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play as we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can also be an important source of relaxation, motivation, and joy for adults.
 
Playing with your love, friends, co-workers, pets, and children is a sure (and fun) way to fuel your imagination, creativity, problem-solving abilities, and emotional well-being. Adult play is a time to forget work and commitments and be socially unstructured and creative.
 
Your play could be simply goofing off with friends, sharing jokes with a coworker, throwing balls in a juggle at the beach, dressing up on Halloween with your kids, building a snowman in the yard, playing with a dog, acting out charades at a party, or going for a bike ride with your friend with no destination in mind. Finding various wants to discover joy is unlimited.
 
There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself, alone or with a friend. By allowing yourself to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.
 
The benefits of joy and play
While play is crucial for a child’s development, it benefits people of all ages, including you. Play can add joy to life, relieve stress, supercharge learning, and connect you to others and the world around you. Play can also make work more productive and pleasurable, and happier overall.
 
We have Jemma. You can play on your own or with a pet, but for more significant benefits, play should involve at least one other person, away from the sensory overload of electronic gadgets.
 
Play helps:
Relieve stress. Play is fun and can trigger the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain. When you find healthy joy, it will benefit jogging, completing puzzles, or pursuing other fun activities that challenge the brain can help prevent memory problems and improve brain function. The social interaction of playing with family and friends can also help ward off stress and depression.
 
Improve relationships and your connection to others. Sharing laughter, play, and fun can foster empathy, compassion, trust, and intimacy with others. Play doesn’t have to include a specific activity; it can also be a joyful state of mind. Developing a playful nature can help you loosen up in stressful situations, break the ice with strangers, hellp you make new friends, and form new business relationships.
 
Play and relationships
Play is one of the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. Playing together brings joy, vitality, and resilience to relationships. Space can also heal resentments, disagreements, and hurts. Through regular play, we learn to trust one another and feel safe.
 
Trust enables us to work together, open ourselves to intimacy, and try new things. By consciously incorporating more humor and play into your daily interactions, you can improve the quality of your love relationships and your connections with co-workers, family members, and friends.
 
Play can heal emotional wounds. As adults, when you play together, you engage in the same behavior patterns that shape children’s brains. These playful behaviors that predict emotional health in children can also lead to positive changes in adults. If an emotionally insecure individual plays with a secure partner, for example, it can help replace negative beliefs and behaviors with hopeful, optimistic assumptions and actions.
   
Fixing your relationship problems with humor and play
Play, fun, and laughter are essential in building strong, healthy relationships by bringing people closer, creating a positive bond, and resolving conflict and disagreements. In new relationships, for example, play and humor can be practical tools for attracting the other person and overcoming any awkwardness or embarrassment during the dating and getting-to-know-you process.
 
Flirting is a prime example of how play and humor are used in adult interactions. Play can keep your connection exciting, fresh, and vibrant in longer-term relationships while deepening intimacy. It can also help you overcome differences and the tiny aggravations that may build up over time.

What new stories are you ready to write?

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WORDS TO INSPIRE YOU! >>
Inspirational quotes and motivational sayings have a unique ability to change the way we feel about life and can change our thinking.
 
They are so interesting, challenging, and essential on our path to joy, happiness, and finding ways to inspire ourselves and others.
 
Inspirational quotes and ideas give us a quick and timely burst of wisdom to get our focus back, offering the inspiration needed for the day or occasion.
 
I hope to inspire you with my words.
Words have power.
 
Are you accomplishing what you want before your eventual death?
At any age, you can (and should) make changes to make your life better.

How you think and feel about yourself, including your beliefs and expectations about what is possible, determines everything in your life, and it all derives from your quality of thinking.

WHEN YOU IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR THINKING,
YOU CHANGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE—SOMETIMES INSTANTLY!

Just as positive words can make someone smile, and a well-timed amusing quote can make someone laugh, your thoughts react to the world in real-time. You have this control!
 
You have complete control over only one thing in the universe — Your Thinking —, and that’s where motivational quotes come in!
 
To keep your motivation, you have to use each day as an opportunity to improve and get closer to your goals. It might sound like a lot of work—and with your busy schedule—next to impossible. But you can do it!

Self-talk is so essential—THINK RIGHT!

    
Motivational words, yes, they’re just words.
But they’re positive words; they will keep you on track.

EVEN IF YOU START LATE, ARE UNCERTAIN,
OR ARE DIFFERENT –
YOU CAN STILL FIND SUCCESS!
Don’t forget that you are only as young as the last time you changed your mind!
Keep your thoughts and self-talk fun and productive, and always reach for more advancement.
 
REMEMBER, VERY LITTLE IS NEEDED TO MAKE A GREAT LIFE.

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I HOPE THE FOLLOWING WORDS INSPIRE YOU >>
 
“Play is the work of the child” ~ Maria Montessori
 
“Play is essential to development because it contributes to children’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being.” ~ Kenneth R. Ginsburg
 
“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
 
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.” ~ Joseph Chilton Pearce
 
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” ~ Carl Jung
 
“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.” ~ Abraham Maslow
 
“Play is training for the unexpected.” ~ Marc Bekoff
 
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
“The true object of all human life is play.” ~ G. K. Chesterton
 
“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” ~ Kay Redfield Jamison

COMPOSE A NOBLE BOOK AND WRITE A BEST-SELLER.
YOU ARE AMAZING—PLAY YOUR PART!

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MY DAILY JOTTINGS >>
Each week goes by so quickly, don’t you think?
And time is going faster all the time.
Do you keep track of what you do each day?
Do this for a few weeks, and you will see your time differently.

The gardens are producing, as you see. Cucs and zoks are plentiful.

I didn’t have much to write about this week, so I have not. Right now, I am fixing up our bedroom; you will see a photo of the mural that I put up. Now I will be painting the borders and walls—a fun project.

Did I paint this myself? 

Is it time to “make” things happen and live a fuller life?
“Make” a great week for yourself.

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YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK > >
Beth will like this.
Stay off all your electronic devices for a full day this week.
Do something new daily, then keep doing it for the rest of your life.
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NEXT BLOG
I am planning to attend a local church this week.
As you might know, I have never believed in any of the gods.
You will read about my efforts.
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