silly heads

the more i learn, the older i get, the more i realize how important it is to be silly. to lighten up. to fight incredibly hard to be happy. 

i know, i know, it sounds kinda ridiculous. i mean most people would not tell me i'm the laid back type. i have itineraries for vacations for crying out loud. but there is something liberating about being silly. 

to me, being silly is an example of being in the moment. i have a real hard time being in the present and shutting off my mind from the past and the future, so to let go, even for a moment, is freeing. 

this morning my mom and i were in the grocery store and i skipped down the aisles. really. skipped. and it was fun. it's nice being back in a country with grocery stores, with all these options that is somewhat terrifying because that means there are choices to be made, but exciting. it's always fun hanging out with my mom. and i really appreciate a grocery store's eccentric radio choices, so perhaps I was singing along...perhaps. 

and i think life needs more of those moments. more skipping. more off key singing to the radio. more dance parties. more long conversations over coffee. more hopscotch in your front yard when you're over the age of 20 (or 30). 

my sister and i were hanging out today and we mentioned one day last year when we went to the zoo. we were just high on life that day. happy to be at the zoo knowing that the maximum age limit was probably 12. we embraced it all. and when we got to the zoo gift store we further embraced the silly--wearing animal masks, using puppets, trying on zebra striped sunglasses. it was awesome, we were living in that moment, as if age didn't matter. 

tomorrow i turn 24. (i know i know! still so young) my goal, my birthday resolution, is to be silly. as often as possible. 

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