A few years ago I was biking with a group of women in Wales. We experienced all different kinds of terrain…..a path alongside a peaceful river, a field with no path at all, hills and narrow paths with shrubs. A time of rest included stopping for tea and sitting on top of a bunker that had been used in World War II.
We would occasionally get separated from one another. At one point, I was flying down a hill when I heard the others yell to me from the side of the road……"here we are…..stop”. I hollered back “I’m having too much fun to stop”. When I heard myself say that, I was suddenly struck with “that’s right…..I'm having too much fun to stop”. I’ve pondered that statement many times since then …….about life and having too much fun to stop.
A few years ago I retired from the business I co-created with my friend and partner. I loved what we were doing and it was time to give myself space to “take bigger bites”. (I’m borrowing that phrase from Linda Ellerbee’s book Take Big Bites). Even though that decision allowed me to take those bigger bites of traveling, family and friends, I again realized I was having too much fun to stop.
The last couple of years I’ve been doing some business coaching and consulting in a medical office. I hope I never get to the place where I will not be able to say “I’m having too much fun to stop”. For me it has to do with being challenged, creative, productive and having fun.
What are the ways that you’re having too much fun to stop? Is your work so rewarding and fun that you’d be doing it even if you weren’t getting paid? I’d love to hear from you.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Too Much Fun To Stop
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I recently made a smiliar comment to my massage therapist when telling her she had a task to get me back in line after spending the weekend riding waverunners with my grandchildren. I knew I'd have aches and pains to deal with and decided they would be worth the memories of fun times. I loved remembering my then 80 year old mother wanting her picture taken when she rode the waverunner so she could show her friends that it's never too late to have fun.
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