A thought by Mark Batterson, Richard Foth, and Susanna Foth Aughtmon (2015-04-28) from their book, A Trip around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life into the Adventure of a Lifetime (p. 29). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Dick shared, "Stuart Brown, a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and founder of the National Institute for Play, says that play, not necessity, is the mother of invention. And play is not just for kids. He reports: A study done in Okinawa, Japan, by the National Geographic Society revealed that engaging in activities, like playing with young children, was as important as diet and exercise in fostering the Okinawans’ legendary longevity. . . . When we stop playing, we stop developing, and when that happens, the laws of entropy take over— things fall apart. . . . When we stop playing, we start dying. "
My son, Brett, his wife Marissa, his daughter's, Ashlyn, and Addison and Margaret and I spent yesterday in Yosemite National Park. We had such a fun day there. Oh we were in such traffic but the experience of that day will always be with us.
Have you ever thought about the fact that God created all that beauty for our enjoyment? He wants us to have fun in our life. And we did.
One of those experiences of this weekend that will stay with us is when Brett, Ashlyn, Addison and I got in a cold swimming pool and froze to death. We were not smart but we had so much fun. We will always remember our time in the pool in Madera, California.
Dick also said, "We don’t know the number of trips around the sun we get to enjoy. Only God knows. But to saturate those trips with people and places, moments and memories, creates a richness that never stops. It allows the question 'Remember when . . . ?' to fire the joy all over again."
I hope you are creating in your life some of those "Remember when?" moments in your life. They of course need to be lived with others.
Now we did learn a couple of things that will stay with us. One, don't go to Yosemite on Memorial weekend and don't swim in a cold pool. But we did have fun.
So what did you do this past weekend?
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