Using humour and play to overcome challenges and enhance your life

   

The ability to laugh, pay, and have fun with others not only makes life more enjoyabe but also helps you solve problems, connect with others, and be more creative.

        People who incorporate humor and play into their daily lives find that it renews them and all of their relationships.

          Life brings challenges that can either get the best of you or become playthings for your imagination When you "become the problem" and take yourself too seriously, it can be hard to think outside the box and find new solutions. But when you play with the problem, you can often transform it into an opportunity for creative learning.

        Paying with problems seems to come naturaly to children. When they are confused or afraid, they make their probems into a game, giving them a sense of contro and an opportunity toexperiment with new solutions. Interacting with others in p ayful ways helps you retain this creative abiity

         Here are two examples of people who took everyday probems and turned them around through laughter and play:

Roy, a semi-retired businessman, was excited to finally  have time to devote to golf, his favorite sport.But the more he played, the less he enjoyed himself. Although his game had improved dramatically, he got angry with himself over every mistake. Roy wisely realized that his golfing buddies affected his

attitude, so he stopped playing with people who took the game too seriously. When he payed with friends who focused more on having fun than on their scores, he was less critical of himsef. Now

golfing was as enjoyable as Roy hoped it would  be. He scored better without working harder. And the brighter outlook he was getting from his companions and the game spread to other parts of his life,

including his work.

Jane worked at home designing greeting cards, a job she used to love but now felt had become routine. Two little girls who loved to draw and paint lived next door. Eventually, Jane invited the girls into play with all the art supplies she had. At first, she just watched, but in time she joined in

Laughing, colouring, and playing pretend with the little giris transformed Jane's life. Not only did playing with them end her loneliness and mild boredom, it sparked her imagination and helped her artwork

flourish. Best of all, it rekindled the playfulness and spark in Jane's relation ship with her husband.

        As laughter, humor, and play become an integrated part of your life, your crea tivity wil flourish and new discoveries for playing with friends, coworkers, acquain tances, and loved ones will occur to you daiy.

        Humor takes you to a higher place where you can view the world from a more relaxed, positive, creative, joyful, and balanced perspective.