Class take away 7

In class yesterday we had watched a video of a 71 year old guy doing stuff you don't see your average 71 year old man doing. He was playing. He made a playground in his backyard, and invented some interesting looking roller skates. The wheels faced forward like all roller skates, but instead of a shoe with wheels attached, it was set up like mini skateboards on top of two wheels. What really stood out to me from the video was his message to play, "be the child that you were, and look at life with positivity." I like to look at the little things in life a lot when I'm feeling down. The first thing I look at when I'm feeling down is the sky. Watching the clouds go by is one of the most amazing things ever! I could sit for hours watching the sky change, and I feel better by the end of the day. As Beth had said in class about being bored means you have failed to see the beauty of the day, and to see the beauty of the day is to appreciate the little things we take for granted, I agree with that. There is so much beauty in this world that is overlooked because we are so good at focusing on the negative without thinking about the positive. She went on about how we forget to play because society teaches us that play is, in a way, unethical. It's sad that adults see play as something for only children. Play is for everybody. I love to play, which is why people think I'm strange or that something is mentally wrong with me. I have noticed that the people who see me that way are extremely depressed, stressed, and miserable. I also noticed that those people try to bring me down so I can be as miserable as they are, and many times they have succeeded in bringing me down. Then I go into my own world and play. In my opinion, to play is to explore, which I think the 71 year old man had said in the video as well. The more you play, the less you think about your incapabilities, and everything you do and want to do becomes capable of doing. I'm going to remember to play more, and ignore those who say playing is for kids, and ignore those who try to bring me down. I had seen the 71 year old man as being high on life; i.e. enjoying every minute of life and taking nothing for granted. I would like to be as fit as he is when I get that old. I am high on life, and want to continue to be because being high on life is what helps me see life as one of the most beautiful things in the world. It helps me imagine, which helps me create, and awesomeness happens.