Wellness and Self-Improvement Books discussion

Quite frankly I no longer care. More and more I tend to look at life and at relationships as theatre. The more I give myself permission to fully enjoy life as theatre, the more fun I have and the more playful I become. I have never had more fun in my life as I have right now!

Life can turn into theatre (whether comedy, drama or both) just about anywhere, just about any time: this includes our workplaces. Good leaders are able to take advantage of this in many ways: whether to resolve conflicts playfully or to inject some fun, comedy and vitality into the workplace. Theatre, drama and comedy, when they are utilized properly, can “light the fire” in our hearts and give us all a much needed boost.

Making a game out of our relationships
It is a lot easier to enjoy life, and especially our relationships, if we are able to make a game out of it.
It is a lot easier to make a game out of our relationships if we are able to see life as a stage and at our relationships as theatre. “As if” we were playing and acting in a never-ending series of plays, of scenes and of games … Personally I no longer know where life ends and theatre begins, or where theatre ends and life begins. I just allow myself to enjoy the process as much as possible.

I wholeheartedly agree with William Shakespeare when he writes in As You Like It (II, 7):

“All the world’s a stage, and all men and women merely players.”

When we look at life as a tragic comedy and at our relationships as plays, we may start to take ourselves a lot less seriously. We may start to see some of the possibilities by which we may begin to change ourselves and to heal our relationships. It becomes easier for us to stop blaming and to begin to change our patterns.

From Missing Links, Chapter 12, page 199