Listen, I take my silliness very seriously.

 Listen up. I take my silliness very seriously. My rambunctious randomness and spontaneous laughter is the spice of life. Some people may be taken back from this outrageously out of the box behavior. It's more than just an enhancement, but a necessity. A dance with the unpredictable tragedy of life and the Day-To-Day. 

The silliness and the seriousness are like the yin and yang. A balance between order and chaos. Sometimes the balance does get out of whack, but that's part of the process. Part of life. There are times where we might be acting silly in an environment of seriousness simply to take the edge off. There is a clinical sterility in environments of so called "seriousness" and we tend to fall in line with that feeling. It is a feeling. We probably all have different ideas on how seriousness or silliness should feel or look like. No one probably has the same concept idea and feeling. That's a fascinating thing to think about. 

FEEL it OUT. That silliness. That energy you just need to get out to break out of your comfort zone. 

There is something ironic about taking your "silliness seriously" in an obvious and literal sense. In this day and age so called society has groomed us to act like upstanding citizens that take our business, walking and daily duties as serious endeavors. All the joy has been sucked out. They are menial and mindless tasks that we have succumbed to in many ways. We take work seriously. Family seriously. Grocery shopping seriously. And so on and so on. Silliness can make us relax and align with the present moment.

The current modern landscape prides you on following a routine. Most of that routine seems to be rooted in seriousness. And don't get me wrong, we need to get stuff done, but we don't always have to carry and air of seriousness with us at all times. In fact it can be detrimental to take things too seriously because that means we are getting attached to concepts, activities and actions too heavily. It's important to be engaged and focused, but that doesn't mean we need to be cold, calculated and void of any sense of fun or wonder that we one held as children. In a world of seriousness, silliness can be a revolutionary act. 

Silliness can be contagious. Silliness can mean fun. It doesn't mean you throw out what's important or what we think is serious. It is a way of moving through the world and simply relaxing. Surrendering to the absurdity and uncertainty all around us. It's really up to YOU. It's not about following a formula or dare I say a "routine". That would be counter intuitive. It's about having fun and making fun. It's about taking things lightly and letting things that would normally set us off simply roll off our shoulders. It's really about not taking ourselves too seriously. When we tend to get serious, we put up walls and blinders. We puff up our chests and straighter out our mouths and eyebrows. 

Silliness is exhaling when we tend to be holding our breath or not even breathing efficiently and correctly. 

Of course there are times where it is inappropriate to be silly and we must honor those times with grace and presence. These times where we MUST be serious must be honored. These are the times of grief, action and turmoil. Being silly doesn't mean coping with the seriousness or mundanity of life. It is a celebration of it. It is the act of not falling victim to our own emotions and taking things lightly in our own way with compassion and awareness of our general surroundings. Silliness can be a light in the fog of an array of negative emotions. Silliness is awareness in action mixed with fun and creative spontaneity. 

Of course many people won't like your silliness. Some may even feel threatened. Some might find it refreshing, but you'll find your people. Silliness tends to attract silliness. And it doesn't really matter if silliness causes annoyance. It's certainly not for everyone at every moment. Especially those people that take things too seriously. But it might inspire those rock hard serious people to open up a little bit. To do a little dance when no one is looking. To at least smile through the misery they are putting themselves through. Silliness is excellent for breaking routine and monotony. It doesn't matter. There is no reason to take all this silliness so serious after all. Silliness is what you make it and when you make it you can definitely expect a great time even if it is only for a moment. 

DG