playing life or playing make believe?
sometimes I think I am lunatic. I go about my days - planning what I can do for different celebrations of the year - take for instance Beltane which is coming up for us down here in the Southern Hemisphere, on October 31 ~ I am still struggling with that - but have decided to follow the wheel of the year as it should be down here - opposite to the north - but so that I can celebrate Halloween & Christmas too, I will put my own slant on it . I think half of my scattered problem is that I have been trying to live the seasons back to front. As much as my soul harks from the Northern Hemisphere, I figure if God put me down here, there must be a good reason for it - so I may as well live where I am and follow the seasons as they occur - to stop fighting it - anyhow, as usual I sidetrack.
A suggestion for Beltane is to make a basket of goodies up for a needy family - so I am thinking of making some soup for a friend who has just 'inherited' 3 grandchildren under the age of 7. She is 55 and has them til they are 16, at least. sheesh. so a pot of pumpkin soup, some bread rolls & a herb salad......... then I start thinking about setting an altar up for Beltane and making a door wreath. Then I start wondering if I am the only person who does things like this, worrying about altars and seasons and candles and magick - then I start feeling like a little girl playing house * and then I think I am a lunatic because what 48, nearly 49 year old woman does things like this?
I tend to live in make believe land alot of the time -oh, I do the earthly stuff - the cooking and the cleaning etc - but as I do it - it is like I am playing house. Playing life.
posted by Miss Robyn | 9:12 am
22 Comments:
spicy pumpkin soup yummy! yes I love candles, like to decorate the house seasonally. I have just found a witch to hang in my front window for Halloween, that should give the village something to talk about. It s allpart and parcel of enjoying life playing around with door wreaths altars etc. xx
We always worry about what others will think of us and tend to hold back doing what we really want to do...so you go ahead and do what YOU want and what brings you pleasure:-) If people think you're quirky then so be it...they just don't know the fun they're missing out on!! Hugs xox
You ask, what 48 almost 49 year old does this? Um, well, me, for one! lol. I think playing is what keeps life interesting and fun - and I think Life wants us to have fun with it! The happiest old people I've known are those who still have an air of playfulness and are still excited to celebrate life - not "oh, lord, here's Christmas - just more work" but "Yippee! It's Christmas! Break out the eggnog and put on Jingle Bells!"
Celebrate the seasons in your own way - whatever brings your pleasure, Robyn. I'm sure you'll bring your own happy, creative twist to it!
I decorate and celebrate all the holidays. My daughters think I am nuts sometimes as I tend to go overboard on the decorating but hey, they are my daughters so they must be little nuts! LOL. I am 53 years old and way past trying to please everyone else. Its time to please me before the time runs out.
I'm just learning to play life, Robyn. I think it's an accomplishment! Play on, my friend!
Good for you for thinking of others! A true witch is a healer, a creator and a Goddess! Sounds like you qualify. That pumpkin soup and herb salad sounds like a right feast.
About that life thing, it gets in the way of our fun sometimes doesn't it?
Dream on!
you aren't playing house or playing life....you're living it. I for one didn't mind being the "different" one....it made me unique and that's the best we can strive for - our authentic selves. Mine is coming back slowly but coming back it is! don't worry, be happy with who you are and what you love.
XOXO
p.s. having said all that, I sometimes feel like I, too, am the little girl playing house. maybe that's a good thing.
So be a lunatic…it’s good for the soul! I’m 49 almost fifty
{March 10th 1957 ~ a Pisces}
Traditional Traits
Imaginative and sensitive
Compassionate and kind
Selfless and unworldly
Intuitive and sympathetic
On the dark side
Escapist and idealistic
Secretive and vague
Weak-willed and easily led
Not all of this is true…
And I love living in lala land quite a bit of the time; it does exist you know. Ladida as my husband calls it {his mom is British} is what keeps my sanity. If I didn’t have that I would probably be a real cranky old hag.
I am a big kid at heart and don’t follow the mainstream so much; I’m probably more of an eccentric old gal; which I like. I enjoy holidays like Halloween and Christmas and I just love decorating and creating, like making wreaths and dragonflies out of natures' bountiful harvest. It’s not unusual to find me walking my dog down a country path and come back with five grapevine wreaths tucked under my arms trying to stop my dog from tearing them apart. Holidays are a special time of year for the family to live the magic of the season beyond the cruel realities of life. Twinkling lights and sparkles embellish my hobbit castles and pirates treasure chests; a few of the crafts that I have made out of millions of years old fossils {not so sure on the exact age} to decorate the house creating a magical place called home sweet home. I dream of sunken treasures, lost lands, Egyptian tombs, ghostly and romantic tales~ and of course living in a haunted house or castle. Am I a lunatic? Maybe so but I enjoy life this way and I don’t care one bit what anyone thinks. I still have good sense and I am a stable mother, wife and individual who can function in everyday life. I guess being the lunatic that I am helps me be the person that I am.
So with that being said, I have a John Lennon quote that describes us lunatics. A while back I wrote a story about finding my fossils that I used for my castles and treasure chests {April 1oth “A Zillion Earthly Stars”} and this quote followed.
I Believe
“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
~John Lennon~
If you are a lunatic, we should all be lunatics..the world would be a better place. I like to think 'your' world is the real world, not the awful crap we see and hear on the news everyday.
I want to live on your planet, under your sun, moon and stars, let the realists have the rest.
Lunatics -- aren't we all?
Thank you for your birthday wishes! xoxoxoxo
P.S. Did you still want the piece you won on eBay? xoxoxo
Making altars and wreaths...that's not loony. I do it all the time. maybe I might just want to celebrate planting on a new moon....whatever because it's Thursday...any old reason might inspire some sort of celebration...new found feathers stick em in...all about the process of enjoying every day...the NOW.
Now now Ms Robin. Have fun when you can and don't worry about growing up. You are grown up when you need to be. Just look back over the last few days. A lunatic, I think most people are to some extent. Some people just hide it more than others. Set u you altar amke up you basket. Enjoy a little bit of life and don't worry about what other people think. Easier said than done I know.
this is playing.. and we all play on our own scenes.. I mean our houses..
and it is so soothing to be able to set the scene that we want to..
so make your altars.. put all the bits and pieces that make your surroundings your scene.. and enjoy whatever you do.. cooking helping.. crafting.. enjoy
Life is far too short to worry about doing things you enjoy! Especially when they don't harm anyone else.
Besides, feeling like a little girl again can't be all bad can it?
Hehe, don't worry I feel that way quite a lot too - sometimes I feel as though I should have a stable office job and be contributing economically to our household the way other friends of mine do to theirs - but then BJ tells me that he loves me for my differences and eccentricities and wouldn't want me any other way. It's just outside influences that make us feel inadequate or loopy or left of centre. Embrace it I say. Who wants to be a clone anyway?
I think you are beautiful just the way you are my special friend!
I love reading your blog and learning more and more about you each day.
And, I love how you celebrate the seasons and life.
We all need to live in make believe land more often. The world needs more magic! We all have to be grown up more often than we want to so it is lovely to have the ability to escape into otherworldliness when we can.
A big smooch to you and hope that your visit with your mum is going well.
Dotee xoxo
P.S Thanks for your comment on my blog today. Would love to catch up for a coffee when you are in Melbourne!
Miss*R just when I think I have all my thinking in order, I read your blog and then I find I have to rethink things out again but this time looking from the side and not front on! you have such a gift! I enjoy ALWAYS!! :o) the journey you take me on when I visit here.
thank you for your kindness while I was ill I am almost better now.
take care........Lee-ann
Robyn you are young at heart ~ and that is a wonderful thing! Enjoying life and all it has to offer, to me lala land is the best place to be...
Miss R, the most special thing you wrote is that you plan on making some soup and fixings for the lady who just inherited the children. Believe me, she will LOVE you for that kind and generous act. You are a special person to do that.
I think we all do what we can to lead our authentic life whatever that may be...i think the injustice we do to ourself is comparing ourself to others....be who you are...no apologies and we will love you all the same.
What is Beltane?
ANg
I think quite a number of us live in our own little world a lot of the time, I know I do and I always have done. It doesn't mean you don't cope with what is known as 'real life' perfectly adequately. The world in my head is a much nicer place than the one we all actually live in and I like being there, it's tranquil,beautiful and full of happy endings. You make your wreaths and altars and celebrate the seasons in whatever way makes you happy - if you feel happy the chances are that those around you will feel that way too.Smiles and happiness are infectious. Your approach to life is as valid as anyone elses.
Sweet Miss Robyn =^..^=
This is a delightful posting.
You are so much fun. OH why could you not live next door for real?
And you know how I feel about dancing to your own drummer! Goodness I say have your own percussion section if you want!
Dance like a dervish!
"If they give you ruled paper,
write the other way."
--juan ramon jimeniez
Be Happy!
Be You! (and never grow up...how sad!)
=^..^= zU
You are a wonderful, thoughtful, helpful person - not a lunatic! xo
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