Tonight is Halloween... EEK! One of my favorite holidays ever! This girl loves any opportunity to dress up. Especially, in over the top, extreme for the season type of clothes! In those moments; I get to play the part of any person I want to be. I get to dance, sway my hips, and feel like the sexiest woman in the world. Ok, maybe not the world, but definitely my hometown! I get to shred the stress of life and fill my soul with nothings that matters! Now, I don't mean that in a sense of darkness or sadness... I meant in the category of things adults are not supposed to do!! I am not sure who made up that rule... but it sucks!
I am a fan of all things that are not reflective of being an adult. I know adulting is required to live in this thing called life... BUUUUUTTT... There are so many parts of being one that I don't enjoy participating in. Such as eating dessert last. No thank you, I'd like mine first to ensure I have plenty of room to eat it! I am more of a healthy person than not... so I think it's a rule I can safely follow!
Playing the role of little red riding hood has been fun the past few weeks. The dress fits nicely and it brings my inner goddess out of me. The more gold glitter the better!
Why not?!?!
I have been so stressed by life the past few years dealing with all the things surrounding my situation. You know, the one with my house... KABOOM! Yeah, that! So being able to get away mentally and get myself wrapped up in Halloween has been nice. I didn't get any trick or treaters this year but again, not what it's about for me! I had the opportunity to throw a not planned Halloween party for all of my 6 littles plus bonus little last night. My goodness, I had no idea how much having all of them here would boost my spirit! They are all such amazing beings! All of them rocking their costumes was even cooler! You could see that the outfits boosted their little self esteems as well. The oldest little was hulk. Every chance he could get... he would deepen his voice and flex. The imagination was a reminder of things adults lose and shouldn't! They all played out the roles of the outfits they were wearing perfectly!
Makes me wonder why we lose that as we grow... is it the fear of being made fun of? Maybe, the stress of every day causes us to lose what we used to believe in. All the things surrounding the innocence of youth! I have no desire to go backward. Not even in age! I however am a huge fan of innocence. Those precious moments that life hasn't tracked through the mud or kicked the gut! The purity of feeling no fear of anything... well, besides bugs and fruit snack wrappers! So, to have a day that is surrounded by the essence of being who we want to be... even if it's a make-believe character... how freaking cool!
Life has this way of sucking the souls out of people. Dropping you to your knees! So why not throw on that outfit that awakes your soul. Sing, dance... strut around your living room. Even if no one ever knows... they will notice the radiance glowing off of you the next day. I quoted the unknown before by writing "Whatever feeds your soul... do more of that!" Exactly, that! It is so easy to forget the simplicity in life. The things that awaken us and we stopped noticing.
I had to run to the gas station tonight. I was all "ta done" in my red riding hood outfit. As I walked to the front door; a lady in the costume of some evil person, asked me where the party was. I laughed and told her; I was homebound to hand out candy. Her response still has me chucking inside... "As loud as we look tonight, I am certain a party will find us!" Not that I was in a bad mood or feeling down; but if I had one ounce of any negativity in my soul... it was gone! This random person, brought such joy to a few minutes of my life... all because we were wearing outfits from make-believe land.
Such a great reminder to stop stressing what is out of my hands and focus on what is! Back to your presence being in the present. Focus on the now! I swear the more I say that the more my surroundings are surprising me. I am finding joy in simplicity.
I put up fake spider webs all over my dining room and kitchen ceiling. I even threw leaves and dirt into it for special effects. Little #4 told me it was creepy but not that creepy because it didn't have spiders. If you know me... you would know I FEAKING DESPISE THOSE EIGHT LEGGED CREATURES! I also dig a challenge... so I knew I had to get spiders for the web. Ugh! I lucked out and found these paper spiders you could bend the legs to make them look like they are really standing up. So I did the prep work and placed them in the webbing and on the walls all over my house. I couldn't wait for little #4 to show up the next morning. Nana's not afraid of no stinkin spiders! As you can imagine he was pretty excited by the addition to the decor! Yay me! So, fast forward a week... the spiders are beginning to fall from the walls and ceiling. The first few that came at me like reincarnations from the past souls I had killed... scared the crap out of me... and made me so mad! As the days passed by and others fell giving me a spook, I no longer got irritated or mad! I found myself laughing! One of my littles had challenged me to apply something I feared. I pushed myself to appear badass and oh how did that backfire! Those stupid paper spiders scared me more times than not and it's dang funny!
There are so many things I can't control, so many minutes in a day that presents an event that can go one of two ways. I can either go down a path of negativity or a path of positivity. From there the outcome will be defined based on the path I chose. I know that sounds so rainbows and unicorns... but if you start to pay attention to your thoughts, your words, your actions. The positivity path gets easier to choose.
I am happy for today. For all the souls... adultish and childish, that got the opportunity to dress in outfits that added a spark. For the smiles, laughter, and screams that were brought on by today!
Thank you, Today!
"The best thing you can dress in is a smile!"
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