Why do we stop doing the simple things when we get older. I feel like the best things typically have an "age-restriction". Of course no one is going to tell you not to do it, but for some reason certain things just become less socially acceptable!
The BEST joys in life, as far as I'm concerned.. are free :)
1)Whether it's that favorite record/tape/cd from about ohhh, freshman year in highschool, or maybe earlier, PLAY IT, maybe once a month is enough. Just enough to hear 'if you wanna be my lover, gotta get with my friends... make it last forever, friendship never ends" or whatever your line is!
2) GO FISHING! even if you don't catch anything!
3) Catch a tadpole, and watch it grow legs, and turn into a frog
4) Sleep outside, not in a tent. Maybe a trampoline would be acceptable.
5) Enjoy a rainbow! and for that matter, enjoy rain! Don't cower inside and wait for it to pass. Go outside. Dance. Play. Lay in the Grass. Let it fall in your mouth.... and maybe even sing the song! "if all the rain drops were lemon drops and gum drops...."
6) Go to the zoo! It's sad that if you go to a petting zoo by yourself, people give some creepy looks! WHY can't everyone love to pet the baby goats or feed the deer and geese?
7) Go skinny dipping: not necessarily sexually, in fact not sexually. Just to enjoy the freedom!
8) Skip rope! Not alone, but with one of the really long jump ropes, and 2 friends, holding each end, singing.
9) Play candyland, operation or monkeys in a jar! (or all three)
10) Have some one else tie your shoes. Why, because its kind of them. Return the favor :)
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