Play when life feel challenging
Mother Nature brought us a Florida winter day with chilly wind and a fifty shades of grey color show. The very loud flock of gulls flew in in a tight formation from the south.
Despite the water and wind being quite brisk, they headed into the water for their daily self care. One of the laughing gulls who was letting the cool water wash over her said, “We know self care isn’t always convenient or comfortable but it is necessary to keep our immune system strong.”
After sunrise a couple dolphin were resting in the lagoon with Pip, Eddy, rusty and Patches the pelicans. While Pip was in the pole I asked him how he did with the 35 mph gusts yesterday.
He turned and cocked his head in his silly pose rolling his eyes and said, “If I had a tongue I give you a raspberry.”
One day while in the lagoon I told him about the photo booths that Hoomans can go in and make silly faces while their photo is taken.
I guess that stayed with him because every time I went to take his photo today he made a silly face! I asked him if he was ok, then realized he was being playful. He reminds us to play, especially when life feels windy and challenging.
Wishing you a beautiful day friends!
One Legger
Pip’s silly face
Pip’s serious face
Eye rolling silly face
From the day we talked about phot booths and silly faces