I woke up this morning on a mission. At 7:00AM, I had my weekly “power call” with my MasterMind group, 8:45AM my weekly “marriage moment” with my hubby and a series of other “to-dos” crowded my calendar. For some reason, though, I AM so excited! Don’t get me wrong, my day is jammed packed. One glance at my Blackberry and I wonder “did I schedule time to eat today?” Amidst all the appointments and plans there lies within me an overriding sense of joy.
I absolutely love what I do. I LOVE who I am! Though my list is encompassing it is not overwhelming because, to me, it’s fun!
I am reminded of a night my daughter and I shared last week. She came up to my office to ask me some ridiculous question, it was bedtime. All sorts of random questions are asked when it’s bedtime. While this night her motives were no different, my response was. I turned in my chair, looked her dead in her eyes and with a stern face said “do you wanna see something?” Intrigued and confused and more than likely thinking “is this a TRICK? Am I about to learn another lesson?” She hesitantly said, “Yes”. I whipped my chair back around, typed in my web brower’s search bar the letters Y-O-U-T-U-B-E. Jasmine started smiling.
“I found this cool song that I really like, do you wanna hear it?”
“Mom, really? cool? please, don’t use those types of words.” Jasmine has a way of reminding me that I am not hip. Lol! As I typed “the climb” in the search field, I could feel my heart pounding through my chest. I really like this song and I knew Jasmine did as well. I picked up a highlighter and a pen from my desk, swiveled my chair around and said to my dear Jasmine “you wanna join me in concert?” She was thrilled. With the lyrics on one monitor and the video on the other we grasp tightly to our makeshift mics and bellowed the song from some place deep within our non-singing souls. I know we screamed that song at least 7 times consecutively. OMG! We sounded AWFUL! (sorry Miley) Our voices cracked, we over sang the music, at one point I got so excited that I decided to jump out of my chair and act out the guitar solo. It was AMAZING! We laughed so hard that night. I am sure it is one we will never forget. As we both recollect the moment our joint description of the evening was: F-U-N!
When was the last time you had fun? Genuine, gut-busting, tear streaming, fun? Are you living out your dreams? Is fun apart of your daily routine? If not, what are you going to do to increase your “fun-factor”? I want to hear from you, please share.
Tags: dream, enjoy, fun, Janice Roberson, janice roberson johnson, life, love, MasterMind, moruwa, relax
Janice,
Thank you for reminding us that having fun IS a part of the scheduled day of events! Surrounding yourself with people who have a sense of humor is a great asset! We forget the power of laughter! It always dissolves the negative factors lurking around! ;-D
Nikki
Janice,
This was so refreshing to read. I have to remind myself to incorporate fun into our daily schedule as well. I want my kids to live free and enjoy themselves.They have all of their adult lives to constantly adhere to schedules. It’s always fun to be spontaneous and do things that are totally unexpected with your kids. It’s one way to make you cool to them, even though it’s not cool to say “cool” anymore:)
Yes I am living my dream! I have not reached my ultimate goal as far as what I hope to achieve with my career, but I’m striving. That is teaching my kids, and peers alike, that they can follow their dreams as well.
All the best!
Kima
Awesome story! Jasmine has a great mom!
Now, next time I ask to see your excited jiggy dance, let’s see it, okay?
Janice,
I can clearly see you and Jasmine having a ball!!! That is so awesome, those lasting memorable moments when schedules are thrown to the wolves and life is just lived. I have FUN often and I am so easily pleased when it comes to a great laugh. As for dreams and living them out….I’m still working on that!
Yes honey, there’s always going to be another mountain…way to start preparing her early, feeding her dreams and shaping hervision. Good luck lil J on this week’s game. Go get ‘em Champ.
Thanks for all of your kind words. Sometimes, when we are in the midst of living life, we are unable to see that we are really “living” life. I am grateful each day that I am alive to inspire other great people like you!
What a wonderful story.
Just bookmarked your site, thanks for sharing!
Great post and keep it up. I will be back soon
Hey Janice,
First time reading your blog. I enjoyed this so much as my little man does the exact same thing. Remember how I used to sing EVERYWHERE while at Wesleyan, well, apparently I have produced the next Usher! He is hooked on Youtube! Finding Usher, Chris Brown and other favorites to sing to. We sing loudly in the car everyday. The worst you sound, the more fun you have. Those are the moments that we should cherish. Thanks for sharing. Hope I can see ya’ll someday.