[00:00:00] Welcome to the average nineties GAL podcast. Join me as I share my own journeys through life, how I got and continue to get through them, as well as real stories from real people in this crazy world. Let's get through it together.
Hi, and welcome to another Sunday snack. A little bit to chew on as we all move into the week. And this week I would like you and I'm going to do it too, to try to be silly. To be silly, playful, funny, spontaneous. You name it, and whenever you feel like it to just do it. Do not hold back [00:01:00] or think about it, just do it.
It can be anything. A silly little dance or voice or face or a joke, or just randomly do a cartwheel in the middle of the room. And, and if you ever stop yourself from being silly, catch yourself and ask why. Is it because you're in front of a certain person or certain people, or you're even in front of strangers?
Or are you even alone? And if you are alone and you're even judging yourself, have you never really been silly even alone? I. You really don't know how. And if that's true, I hope that you, throughout this week and beyond, just catch yourself thinking that way because silliness is extremely important [00:02:00] as a human and human beings interacting with each other.
I even asked the interwebs and our friend Google, I asked. The importance of being silly, and it told me it reduces stress and anxiety, improves mood, enhances resilience, strengthens relationships, facilitates social interactions, boosts creativity, encourages exploration and innovation, improves heart health and even reduces pain.
And I thought that was really interesting. In the Reduces pain, it says Humor can act as a coping mechanism for pain. Helping to alleviate physical discomfort. So there you go. Even Google tells us. So it's not just me. So I am silly and spontaneous all the time. Now my son, he shakes his head all the time at me, but he's [00:03:00] always smiling, so I'm not embarrassing him.
Uh, it's usually just the two of us anyway. He acts like I'm embarrassing him, but he's smiling, he's laughing, and that's all that matters because he sees that I'm having fun and he's silly in front of me. And once again, that's all that matters. I still care at times, especially around certain people and strangers, but lately I have really stopped myself and caught myself.
Then made myself do it anyway, and it feels so good. And part of the reason why I lost myself was that during my relationship, my most recent relationship was that I stopped myself from being silly and spontaneous and fun because of how he would react [00:04:00] or how I. Assumed he would react. Eventually. I dimmed my light constantly for him and then eventually for others, and I do not want you to do the same.
That is how I started truly losing who I was, and that was before I was even married. So if you find yourself in that same situation, I just want you to notice it. It is all in the noticing. If that's all you could do for now, that is great, but I ask you to notice and then the next time you're alone, as soon as you have that impulse to be really silly or to belt out a song, or to start dancing however you want to dance or scream or anything, just do it.
Do not stop yourself. No one is watching. Who knows, [00:05:00] maybe all that person needs or those people need is to see that they can be silly and playful and spontaneous around you because you are, maybe they are stopping themselves because they aren't sure how you are going to react. I, you just don't know, so why not do it?
Right? And perhaps question. These relationships with people who you cannot be fun and silly around. I mean, I don't know about you, but I love being around silly people who will just out of nowhere do something wild and crazy. I just absolutely love those people and I believe we all do. Actually. Anyone who says that they don't like silly people is someone I think is who is actually in pain.
And needs to do it themselves and get out of that shell that has [00:06:00] been building up their entire lives. And for those of you who this does not pertain to, I commend you. I hope that you just are sillier and sillier and spontaneous and wild and crazy. Even more than you already are because this world needs you.
We need you. Everybody needs to see you. So this week and beyond just get out there. Anytime you want to be silly and funny, and wild and crazy and spontaneous, do it. Please do it. That is this week's Sunday snack. I hope you will share your silliness with me and I will try to share my silliness with you.
Join me on Instagram at the [00:07:00] Real Meredith B, and once again, thank you so much for being here. I will talk to you soon. Bye-bye.
