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I've just rediscovered how much fun it is to play again. I'm finding myself waist deep in joy exhilaration and excitement and I can't beleive how good this all feels. Its a yummy yummy feeling and I find myself totally relating with feisty little children who just go through life grabbing all the opportunities that come their way and turning it into something fun and pleasurable.

I do the same with my little niece, it the most effective way I can get her to do something. I simply turn it into a game. (She's catching on fast though and these days she get's a little suspicious when I suggest we play the 'let's go to sleep game'). I can't help but wonder though, why I didn't do this more often with myself in my real life. Things are so much more tolerable when you turn them into a game.

Its so easy to not take things so seriously when you take the seriousness out. These days I find I play the "let's go to work game' every morning and with my often ornery boss, I find myself playing the 'let's find the quickest way to do this without taking his grumpiness personally game' and doing my job has never been easier. When I'm dressing up in the morning I have learned to play the "let's make Sam look gorgeous game' and find myself making some really daring choices that end up winning me constant compliments about how I look.

Playing along in this game of life, I am finding myself so much happier and freer than I ever was . I totally get how this works because the whole entire point of games is to make you happy and if you're out there seeking ways to make every situation or experience you come across leave you as happy as possible then its elementary isn't it dear Watson... Happiness is exactly what you get. Yummy, delicious, exhilarating, exciting, gleeful dollops of absolute joy.

It is so good to be me, isn't it?