LIGHTENING UP

     We take ourselves too seriously. We fret and fuss and over-think everything. We allow ourselves to get weighed down with daily burdens and responsibility. We count on life being difficult. We fall into a "struggle-ethic" philosophy.
     But maybe the whole point of life is to take ourselves and our life circumstances less seriously, and to find the fun in whatever we do. It's there. If we approach things playfully, they are enjoyable, and we laugh easily and feel relaxed. If, on the other hand, we approach them with dread, then our foreheads wrinkle and dread is what we get.

I am willing to take myself less seriously, and to live life with more laughter, and smiles that last.