PLAYING DRESS-UP
One of the themes I write about here is “knowing who you are”, by which I mean that deeper understanding of how to be true to ourselves rather then cloak ourselves in the facades of how others see us or would like to see us.
My daughter - who is almost 4 years old - loves, like most children to dress up in various costumes and outfits that she puts together. In her mind she can pretend to be a princess, a bee, a mother… anyone she wants, yet somehow she is always fully herself.
As adults we tend to dress ourselves, at least metaphorically, in “costumes” but we often fail to see them as such. We lose a sense of our true identity.
Perhaps it happens in the transition from Play to Work.
I’ve noticed that adults who play, possess greater levels of self-awareness and identity, so heres to more play in all of our lives.
QG
