Having Fun – what is that about?

Do you hear yourself sometimes saying “ I want to have more fun”? Are you one of those who would like to have more fun – I certainly am –I’ve been thinking a lot about this, what does it mean "to have fun"?

So – if you are one of those people, complaining about not having enough fun, ask yourself the question, what does fun mean to you? I think that without really thinking about if, we say that we want to have more fun, but we are not clear about what it is we want out of having fun.

There are lots of different ways to have fun of course, most of them are about perhaps attending an event, like going to the cinema, theatre, meeting some friends for a drink or two. These kinds of events are really good for a temporary uplift, feeling good for some hours and the uplift will possibly stay with you for some time after that, it depends in what state you are in life in general.

When you say that you want to have more fun, it means that you want to change what you feel. If you think about it – what do you want to feel? What feeling will fun bring to you? Be specific about it.

I want to feel light inside, a little buzz, a sparkly warm feeling. And I would like to feel that all the time, like having an inner giggle going on. Finding that Inner Giggle is one of the areas to work on to rediscover your sparkle.

First step to find that Inner Giggle

So how do we develop this inner giggle that I’m talking about? The first step is to do an inner smile practice for a couple of minutes every day:

• Sit comfortably and close your eyes.
• Take three deep breaths by breathing in slowly counting to three
• Breathing out slowly, counting to three
• Repeat three times
• Start to smile, a really big smile,
• Then imagine that you smile inside you, that you heart is smiling.

If you think it sounds weird or an odd thing to do – good – just continue anyway, have a go.