Spontaneous silliness



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 For a while there I was beginning to question my own sanity. For some reason over the past 18 months or so there have been times where I have had almost out-of-body experiences and I've looked down on myself and thought, "What the heck are you doing woman? You're acting like an idiot!" as I would do and say the most ridiculous things. Silly things. Nutty things. Sometimes embarrassing things. The great Hammer Pants Goof of 2011 is a prime example.

But I've come to realise that I was just doing what I needed to do to get through what has been a pretty goddamn awful 18 months. I'm not losing the plot at all. In fact, silliness has helped me stay sane! Silliness has reminded me that all is not as bad as it seems and that it is still possible to laugh and enjoy life in the face of some not-so-nice circumstances. Silliness has assured me that I AM OK and that I will get through this. Silliness has brought me back to a place of peace in my mind, in my heart and in my home.

Silliness for me comes in the form of singing and dancing along to the music in the supermarket, much to the chagrin of my 16 year old daughter....but she laughs at me and pretends to be embarassed and will then sing and dance along with me. We make up ridiculous lyrics to whatever song is playing at the time...and usually the lyrics are something to do with whatever we're trying to locate in the supermarket....from vegetables to feminine hygiene products! You gotta love being influenced by children's entertainers like The Wiggles and Peter Combes who make things like Fruit Salad and Newspapers such fun things to sing about!

So, I'm all for silliness in the everyday humdrum of life, regardless of whose watching....and sometimes in spite of whose watching! (and people are...I already attract enough attention by just being!) It promotes a smile. It promotes happiness...and most of all it stops me taking life so seriously!