Dig that green shag carpeting, Daddy-O!
What walks down stairs
alone or in pairs
and makes a slink-it-y sound?
A sling, a spring, a marvelous thing
everyone knows it's Slinky!
It's Slinky! It's Slinky
for fun it's a wonderful toy!
It's fun for a girl and a boy!
For some reason that I can't fathom, I have this song stuck in my head today, so I had to go find the old-school commercial jingle that I grew up singing along with. (And now I've earwormed all of you. You're welcome. ;) )
It started me thinking about the games we played with our Slinky, and that got me thinking about the other games we played as kids. Kickball, Freeze Tag, Hide and Seek. We played CHiPs and our bicycles were our highway patrol motorcycles. A pair of groovy roller skates on our feet made us Dorothy Hamill, or we made a roller derby on the carport. We had a big Yellow Poplar in our front yard, and I climbed it many days, and later carved into it the initials of the boy I liked. There was always something fun to do.
We were getting exercise, though we were having too much fun to notice. So I wonder -- when did exercising stop being fun? Why did we stop playing? When did it stop being something we wanted to do every day, and become a chore that we got over with as soon as possible?
When did it become work? I mean, we even call it working out! Is it any wonder that we don't want to do it?
So, my goal from here on out, for the rest of my life, is going to be to find the fun. I don't want to work; I want to play! This weekend, my family and I are going camping, so I'll have lots of opportunity to play. I want to paddle a canoe again! I'm going to rent a paddle boat! I'm going to play in the water and not care how I look in a swimsuit -- because what matters is playing and having fun with my family. :D
How about you? What did you play when you were a kid? How do you find the fun in your exercise now? I'd love to hear your ideas. :D
2 comments:
Interesting post. I think for me it got to the point where anything that would be considered fun seemed to be too much work. I much prefered the ease of watching TV or reading a book. I have incorporated my "work"out as part of my workday so it doesn't bother me at all anymore. It's work, it's part of the workday I'm good with it!
Hmmm ... I think for me - it's just a matter of time. Gone close to 12 hours each day. I took off extra time (from surgery) so that I can get into such a 'habit' that when I return to work - it would be a good start to being ingrained in me ... of course, 90+ degrees has NOT allowed this to happen ...
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