Music Credits

https://soundcloud.com/adsummitph/come-out-and-play
Words: Abi Aquino of MullenLowe Philppines
Music: Jasper Perez
Artist: Quest
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Soundesign Manila, with special thanks to Raul Blay.

Overview:

Plays also voluntary, we cannot be forced into it… and we are in charge of ending it.

Although many times we have many great examples of how much people would like us to be having fun doing something or fully engaged when we are not.

Defining play is like defining joy… or love or hope and so many other things that are personal.. and universal all at the same time… I work with definitions from research to 5 year old’s, evidence and science to the wisdom of people who have lived long enough and deep enough to remind us of its importance.

As parents or example we often are called into play by our kids, and although having us be a part of the game of hide and seek is play for them… It is not play for us, in fact for many of us including myself we are guilty of spending unconscious time… “pretending to play”…

Or being in the moment but being somewhere else. When we are really in play with our kids we are present, and together we are doing something that is playful for both of us not just for one of us. and when we are not or cannot be “in play” we are often left feeling heavy with the guilt of “good parents play!”

We can’t always be in play, to expect that of ourselves is not only overwhelming but impractical. But what we can do is when it happens, or when we are more mindful of these moments then we will take time to live in them and lean into them.

You cannot be in play if you are not there by choice – like changing attitudes and behaviors – forced compliance will not change the way people feel or engage with something differently.

We can however be moved to play by being invited into a space and learning that we can find play within it.

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