While a New York Times reporter was at my house interviewing me several months ago, he said something to the effect of, “you keep mentioning fun. Fun must be important to you.” My reply to him was, “if you’re not having fun you’re not doing it right.”
I have thought about it since then, wondering if I have “too much” fun. Then I happened upon this quote which I couldn’t help but pass on.
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
~George Bernard Shaw
Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
PS. Has there ever been a time when this quote had more meaning to you?
When I was in the depths of my divorce and really feeling like, "This is it, this is what my life has become?" I was working two jobs, broke, not seeing my kids as much and it really hit me one day when I was putting up toys at my job a Target that I never had any fun any more for just me, all by myself. Sure I played games with the kids and we did fun stuff, but I had been sitting alone, crying and being miserable every time they walked out the door. So I made a list of what I was going to do the next week that was going to be purely for FUN! I think it is really easy to get caught up in being the RESPONSIBLE ADULT all the time because you are the only one. It is so important for your piece of mind to have some fun once in awhile that doesn't involve anyone else but yourself! I never want to be that woman that is no fun anymore.
My father told me when I asked if he had ever gone through a mid-life crisis that "You have to grow up to have one of those." He's a responsible adult who owns his own business, but he's known for his smile and laugh and being awesome. Just because our age and career tells us we're "adults" doesn't mean we have to lose the joy of being a kid. :)
There's no such thing as too much fun. Seriously...who could ever think that? :o)
"The people that mind don't matter. The people who matter don't mind" My only life philosophy
This quote means a lot to me right now. I'm at a point in my life that its hard to make time for myself to have fun. I try, but my responsibilities keep me close to home. I know when these responsibilities are over, I'm going to spend some time enjoying myself and playing.
Now more than ever! As I'm healing a little more each day, I feel like I'm actually "allowed" to have some fun even though my circumstances are not yet ideal. Thanks for the reminder! I have a lot of life left to live and IT WILL INCLUDE TONS O' FUN AND PLAY! xxoo
I'm 31, and my dad's 65. We still discuss episodes of Looney Tunes and Phineas & Ferb over the phone on a pretty regular basis. Growing up is highly overrated....