To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe. ~ Wayne Dyer

I was leaving the grocery store today and I watched a small child drinking a bottle of water, typically an unremarkable act. But as children will do, he’d made a game of it. Instead of directly putting his lips to the bottle and drinking, he tipped his head all the way back and was basically pouring the water from the bottle down to his mouth like a little waterfall. A tiny thing, but it was obviously making him happy.

Something I love about children is the way they can turn anything into a game. Walking in the living room suddenly becomes an issue of lava consumption so you have to jump piece of furniture to piece of furniture to get around, usually much to the dismay of their mother. Walking down the street becomes a game of skipping, crack avoidance or balance work on the curb. Children have a way of taking even the most mundane thing and turning it into tiny bits of fun. Of course as adults, bound by schedules, loaded down with responsibilities, these time wasting games are often a source of annoyance for us.

I’ve always been someone who has done a pretty good job of keeping my childlike wonder of the world and someone who could infuse tiny fun into my life. Watching that child today I realized somehow, I’ve let that go and I’m not happy about it. We need these moments of tiny fun and happiness, our lives are filled with schedules, responsibilities, the needs of others, times where we feel we have no control over our lives.

So my friends, take those tiny moments back. Chase some fireflies, walk a curb like it’s a high-wire, go ahead and push that cart fast across the lot and jump on it for a short little ride, go ahead and full on air guitar and rock out in the car, who cares who sees you. All that matters is to find tiny bits of joy to add happiness to your life. This time of year, one of my favorite things to do, is just to try and catch falling leaves. Sure, from a distance you look like a lunatic, but what’s better than being in the sun on a brisk fall day, staring at the sky and running around laughing. So find some tiny happiness and have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane