Didn't everyone do this at least once back in school, when you all grab an edge of a parachute, list it up as high as you can, and then pull it down and all try to run underneath and giggle your butt off?
So why on earth don't we do stuff like that anymore? Well, besides the fact that most of us don't happen to have an extra parachute laying around, I can't think of a good reason why I haven't done this in over 20 years. I loved it! I giggled 'til I almost peed my pants! Why do so many of us lose our sense of play as we get older? Sure, we get busy, we have jobs and kids and obligations, but I know I could find an afternoon to play like i did when I was a kid. Have to be a bit more careful of course, what with my back always going out and my knees making those icky crunchy noises, but you know what I mean.
Why aren't we out in the park playing with parachutes, or playing Twister (again, risk of back injury, but I accept the danger) or squeezing our flabby old carcasses into swimsuits and getting out the old Slip n' Slide, or building forts out of sofa cushions and old bedsheets? Okay, those of you with kids might play a bit more than I do, but I think a lot of us have forgotten how to play and just be joyful in the moment, be silly and spazzy and fall down and scrape our knees and climb trees and roll down grassy hills until we're too dizzy to stand up.
I guess I'm just missing that time in my life more than usual today. The sun's coming out, the grass is green, I smell spring in the air, and I want to go out and play. After which I will probably have to take a mega-dose of Advil and try not to move for a day or two, but I think it's worth it :)
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I have this sudden vision of all these 30- and 40-somethings going out into their backyards with a king size bed sheet and trying to launch each other in the air. {boing boing boing thump}
Seriously. Better have EMS on hand, this could get ugly.
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