Joseph Campbell told us, “Follow your bliss.” Marshall Rosenberg changed his whole life around, and mine, when he added, “Don’t do anything that isn’t play.” Often, the biggest obstacles to that are when we “have to” and “should” ourselves. We say we HAVE to go to work, that we HAVE to pay our bills, etc. (especially when our job isn’t aligned with our principles or passion, but that’s a discussion for another day). We say we SHOULD get together with our family (that we’re not crazy about). This kind of thinking leaves us feeling stuck and believing we are victims of our own lives. And that’s sad because we are powerful beyond measure and Joy is our true nature. We have control over how we choose to think about something and how we choose to approach it. That changes everything. For me, my biggest block to that was the habitual patterns of interaction between me and my parents. When, instead, I attempted to connect with my parents on a deep heart level and heal, even though it mostly didn’t succeed time after time, I turned around the SHOULD (mixed with guilt and despair) into following my bliss. And then I brought forward possibilities and self-empowerment and lived in my play. It became a good experience (again, even if all my intentions didn’t happen) because I took control in my consciousness. Today is a good day...and I make it so!