Play Into Love

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Very Happy Me

Play Into Love is a dream in the making. It’s my dream. I’m not quite sure how to describe the dream, but let me share some of the thoughts behind it. Hopefully that will add some clarity.

Many people think learning to love yourself is this difficult, tortured thing- commonly accompanied by painful self-revelations and growth. But I don’t think it has to be so hard. Why can’t loving yourself be fun? You probably like laughing a lot more than hurting. The truth is, there’s no reason why discovering and loving yourself can’t be a fabulous and fun journey. As Oprah says, “Love doesn’t hurt. Love feels good.”

Part of loving yourself is believing in your dreams. When we’re younger, we believe in every possibility for ourselves, but something happens.  We lose our dreams, or our belief in them. I clearly remember running around with my sister playing, lion and tigers, hot lava, pillow fort, and space invaders. We did it all from our imagination and a few props, but it seemed as real as anything in my life. And it was FUN! But then something happened.

Maybe it was when my parents divorced. Or maybe it was when I hit puberty. At some point I stopped dreaming for myself. I started considering what other people expected of me more than I considered my own wants and desires. With time, the dreams simply disappeared, leaving a gaping hole in my spirit.

Whatever it was, I see it in the youth of my acquaintance today. Beautiful teenagers with amazing skills of drawing, passion, and caring. But they don’t see the possibility and potential in their life. Much less how to reach it.

And honestly, I’m not much further along. I work as an office assistant by day, and only recently started dreaming again. Now, here I am.

I am playing and laughing and sharing my dreams into reality.

You can join me in this joyful undertaking of making dreams come true. In fact, I need you. You need you too. Dreams need relationships and community to come true. Nothing happens in a vacuum. So please feel free to participate as you feel inspired.

I created the game below as a template for learning to love yourself and make your dreams come true. I’ll be playing it myself and blogging about the experience.

You are so welcome here.

Hugs

Erin

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