I was recently watching the film “Charlie and the chocolate factory” which is based on the book by Roald Dahl (that I remember reading and loving when I was very young indeed!). There’s a part in the film where one of the children in the book, Mike TV, was confused as he was talking to Willy Wonka (the man who owned the chocolate factory). They were discussing the various sweets that were produced and Mike TV said “But what’s the point? None of this makes sense!”. To which Charlie replied “It doesn’t have to make sense”. What he meant by that was, it’s just fun, it’s fantasy, and so when you’re having fun doing things it doesn’t have to make sense.

You see the logical part of our Ego Self, tells us that everything we do must have a point or must have some serious reasoning behind it. And, in some ways, it is correct in thinking that. However, it does tend to take it a bit too far. The purpose of life is to grow, evolve, and expand – yes that’s true. It’s also to do it from a place of love, joy, and fun. There are times when we need serious thinking, and, conversely, there are also times when we can just have fun purely for the sake of having fun! If you’re not having a laugh at some point every single day, then you’re taking life far, far too seriously.

If you ever watch a child playing on its own, or with others, you will notice that many of the games that are played don’t actually make sense. I remember, when I was very young, running around the garden with my sister and two cousins playing something called “Space”. To this day I have NO idea what the hell we were doing or why we were doing it, but, at the time, it was a huge amount of fun!

As we grow older, there seems to be this unnecessary and out of place pressure to “Wise up and grow up”. Well yes, both these things are true… but you know, it’s absolutely possible to do that AND have fun at the same time. Amazing isn’t it!

So no matter what you’re dealing with, no matter how terrible it feels at the time, remember to try and have a bit of fun. I know that there will be some who read this thinking “yeah but I’ve got this huge worry or this huge problem to deal with”. Yup, I’m not denying that. But stressing and worrying about it will not make it go away any more than having a bit of fun will (although I beg to differ on that last point due to the law of attraction and vibrational energy – but I’m not going to get into that right now).

So you have a choice really – if you look at it logically – you can choose to worry, or you can choose to have fun. Neither one will necessarily solve your problems, but the latter approach sure does make life a lot more enjoyable!

Remember – having fun doesn’t have to make sense! Go splash around in a puddle, or climb a tree, or play cops and robbers… or something else that tickles your fancy! Lighten up peeps!