{"id":1749,"date":"2020-06-18T06:47:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T13:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2020-06-18T06:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T13:47:39","slug":"play-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/18\/play-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Play time
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Young children make massive developmental progress in amazingly short periods of time. And they do it by playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children don’t try to develop their minds, they don’t worry, don’t strive or plot or struggle. They simply ride along on whim and curiosity, and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long has it been since you let yourself play? Maybe today you could find some new insight and inspiration in doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a thought, or a task, or a situation, or a problem, and just play with it. Instead of resolving to end up someplace in particular, go where whimsy leads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let go of any notion that anything has to be this way or that. Ignore what should be, while you discover all that can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play for a while, just for the delight it brings you. And you’ll discover once again that it brings you a lot more than mere delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Ralph Marston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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