Have you noticed a 3/5-year-old interact with things?

They are totally engrossed in their act,

and curious to the extent that puts other usages of the word to shame.

But what your Mind makes you miss,

is that they are like this not while "playing",

but while doing anything and everything.

Yes.

Because they do not know what the word "play" means,

their entire existence is one of play.

They play with strangers.

They play with their food.

They play with their parents.

They play with their surroundings.

And as such, they play with life.

Ever wondered, how are they able to do this magic?

Of course, you would not have.

For your mind would have attributed such observations

to "that is what a toddler does".

For your busi-ness made you not notice them,

let alone noticing how they were doing what they were doing.

For even when you did put your everyday struggles "on hold",

to appreciate one of your own,

or one when you ran into them,

your mind jumped in as usual,

and you went "Aah so cute" and went on with your day.

Yes.

You have been missing it since the time you stopped being one.

Babies or toddlers PLAY not because "that is what they do".

It is because, to them, words like

"work", "success", "stress", "achievement", "family", "problems"

do not exist!

The only words that busy your consciousness,

do not even cross theirs!

To which you might think ...

"Of course, why would they think such words?"

"Their parents take care of everything"

"They have nothing to worry about."

And in saying so,

you will miss the essence of what I am SAYING,

once again.

The essence of the message is this ...

They have nothing to worry about,

not because they have "nothing to worry about"

but precisely because they have NOTHING.

No, not "nothing to worry about".

They HAVE NOTHING.

(With them all the time)

Do you understand?

Because,

they HAVE NOTHING,

with them,

all the time,

to them,

NOTHING is everything!

And thus,

they HAVE EVERYTHING!

Why would you worry about your petty reasons,

of "work", "success", "stress", "achievement", "family", "problems"

that do but full your Mind,

when you have EVERYTHING with you, all the time?

You will not.

And what will one do when they have EVERYTHING with them all the time?

Which, once again, you will fail miserably to answer,

as you will try to "decide" out of your many mind-full desires,

or perhaps you are yet to grasp what EVERYTHING implies,

or perhaps you never held yourself high enough to contemplate

ever having EVERYTHING in the first place.

Worry not.

I will give you the answer.

YOU. WILL. PLAY.

You will play with your chores and your day-to-day.

You will play with the moment and your life.

And most of all,

you will begin to play with those biggest hurdles,

that otherwise came in the way for your mind-full playing.

Yes.

You will begin to play with ...

... "work", "success", "stress", "achievement", "family", "problems" ...

... and all your other "concerns."

And as you begin to play with those

that you have been hiding from all your life,

they will reveal their true faces to you.

You will see that they indeed are games,

that just need to be played with.

You will see that they are but experiences,

that are the part and parcel of being alive.

But...

In listening and serving to your Mind ...

In constantly chasing its very many desires ...

In trying to "have everything" ...

... you missed that the chases have nothing to give to you!

... you missed that you have gotten farther away from NOTHING.

... and you have sacrificed EVERYTHING!

The EVERYTHING that you ALREADY had!

And,

what otherwise was an opportunity to play,

has become your living nightmare,

for it has but cost you,

your life.

Thank you.