I think we have all heard the phrase “You’re killing me”.
From the movie “Sandlot”, we jokingly use the phrase “You’re killing me Smalls”.
It’s funny. Makes me laugh.
I have said it.
More than once.
So, what made yesterday different when I heard these same words?
Today was different when I heard the phrase.
Let’s call it a reflective moment, growth, light bulb moment, or whatever we want to label it.
I was spending time with my granddaughter and my friend, and we were having a blast. Laughing and enjoying the pool at the level of an almost 3-year-old.
You see, 3-year-olds see the world so differently than we do as adults.
I will insert here – we should see the world in the eyes of a 3-year-old more often.
My how our perspectives and life would change. More on that later.
Picture this.
3-year-old. In the pool. You do something that they laugh at and are happy with, and what do they do? You hear “Do it again!’ “Do it again!”
Amid the laughter and the “do it again” moments my friend said, “You’re killing me” jokingly as my granddaughter asked her to go under the water again and again.
I laughed. Mostly at the thought of her going under for the 20th time and it wasn’t me at that moment.
Before you know, we were all laughing but perhaps for different reasons.
BOOM!
Butterfly Thought flew in.
And this is where the day just blossomed.....
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