01/08/2025
Energise | Opportunities to learn something new appear in all our interactions.
Observing others can be a game.
I love people watching. Don’t you?
The thing is when we do we usually enter some form of reflection about ourselves. There is a process of comparison. That doesn’t have to be negative. I’ve been watching these young people do this click for about three months. I could not understand how they did it, so finally I just asked. I became a student of their game, and they were happy to teach me. One came, then another, then another and then another! Eventually there was a little huddle of us; them playing teacher or amused overlookers whilst I played the will-full, effort-full student. I didn’t master the click. I still don’t get it but…
For about ten minutes of that afternoon I bonded with a group of kids, engaged in play, learned something new, attempted it, failed and tried repeatedly, extended grace and humour to myself, allowed others to pick me up and guide me as I repeatedly made errors and strengthened the bonds within our little community.
This is a little memory we now have of us. Nobody else has it and it is precious. Play, curiosity and a willingness to move towards the uncertain expands us and brings us together. Somehow I always find a person or community that wants to play too!
In a time where so much is being taken away from our sense of humanity these simple moments of connective play across cultures, race, age, gender, language and bring us together.
These clips show Congo, Syria, Kuwait, Kurdistan, and England coming together.
It’s so much more than just learning a new way to click. We’re playing till we click…
