{"id":32,"date":"2009-03-20T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisbledy.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2009-03-20T08:56:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T16:56:39","slug":"playtime-brings-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbledy.com\/playtime-brings-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Playtime Brings Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"
What brings you joy? I’m talking about real<\/em> joy – the kind of joy that fills you with happiness and makes your heart sing. If you haven’t pondered this question, then it’s time you do! Finding your joy and living in that space is one of the greatest treasures you can give yourself and others. Joy is such a high vibration that all who are around it benefit.<\/p>\n After my recurrence (when I was sure my days were numbered), I spent a lot of time asking myself, “What really brings me joy?” The question seemed simple enough, yet I struggled to answer it. The obvious answers were family love, time with grandchildren, friends and so on. It was more challenging to answer questions related to me – my spiritual journey, my alone time and even my playtime. Did I even have playtime anymore? Or… had I left that behind with my youth? I decided that I would focus on playtime.<\/p>\n I allowed myself a thought I hadn’t pondered in a long time – tennis. I had to admit, tennis was one of those things that truly brought me joy. It wasn’t like going to the gym and doing another healthy routine so I could mark it off my checklist. Tennis was fun<\/em> for me!<\/p>\n It may sound silly, but when I play tennis, I feel like a child again. I don’t take it as seriously as most people do. I just look at it as my playtime. I get to be outdoors with friends. And we just play! Running around the court, hitting that little yellow ball with our racquets – we give it our best. We laugh, groan at the lousy shots and cheer when we make great shots! If someone has an off day, we simply shrug it off, knowing it will be better next time. This is our playtime and we love it, whether we play well or not.<\/p>\n