This is the first Summer I have made the time for play since we started the Crib 5 years ago. Putting yourself on the line every summer and not going to the beach gets old. So this summer, we put ourselves on the line and went to the beach. And went swimming with the Dolphins in the Bahamas. And relaxed a little.
And I started to notice that relaxing is the key to being relaxed. I used to think that I could only relax if I got a lot done. Something like, "I'll relax once I organize my office, do the books, schedule all the Crib peeps, make that flyer..." All that does is wire you to never stop doing. You have no other mode to switch into and you fry the system with your clever "fight stress with stress" strategy.
Simultaneously, I bought into the myth that if I relaxed, everything would fall apart. Which, in some scenarios, is exactly what might need to happen. But, and they did not teach me this at Greenwich Academy, you get just as much done when you are relaxed, in fact you get MORE done because you are more discerning, more focused, and more passionate about you are actually doing.
The highlight of this understanding was Love Camp in Bimini, Bahamas with WildQuest. We witnessed Allison and Michael's Sacred Union, we snorkeled in the most beautiful place on the planet and we swam with dolphins. I had never been drawn to swim with dolphins. The graphics can be "New Agey" and the connection to Atlantis and Lemuria was way out of my belief system's league. But this was before I was blessed with the opportunity to interact with such amazing magical creatures.
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