26/11/2020
Self-help series - Day 4
“I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be...
This does not mean that I ought to be trapped or enclosed in any of these ages...the delayed adolescent, the childish adult, but that they are in me to be drawn on; to forget is a form of su***de...
Far too many people misunderstand what *putting away childish things* means, and think that forgetting what it is like to think and feel and touch and smell and taste and see and hear like a three-year-old or a thirteen-year-old or a twenty-three-year-old means being grownup.
When I'm with these people I, like the kids, feel that if this is what it means to be a grown-up, then I don't ever want to be one. Instead of which, if I can retain a child's awareness and joy, and *be* fifty-one, then I will really learn what it means to be grownup.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
🧲️ Did you forget about your child self? How a child finds happiness in the smallest things around, without a care in the world and keeps getting up when falling?
🧲️ Remember how to enjoy life as a child does, connect with your inner child and find joy in silly things, laugh with no reason out loud and dance, human, dance hard!!!
🧲️ Turn on your favorite music channel and dance like 'no one watches', or even better dance with whoever lives in your surroundings. Laugh while you're dancing and allow your inner child to guide you
🧲️ Dance therapy is beneficial for many reasons, but I will let you discover them slowly by yourself and reap the benefits on the spot
Roxy Nichols - Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Life Coach
www.roxynicholscounselling.co.uk