Sharing Peace on the Path

Do you make fun a priority in your life?

It brings a smile to my heart when I see how often and how easy Jake, my two-year-old cat, creates fun. Not once a day, but multiple times.

Jake typically gets what many call the ‘zoomies’ at least once a day, too. He’ll run around like a nut from the couch to a chair to the bedroom to another chair as if he’s chasing something. He’s having fun!

I read a column today in The Times News written by Pattie Mihalik. She hits the nail on the head for many of us who are ‘mature.’ We tend to forget what we once enjoyed when we were younger.

I’ve decided to create a little fun in my life each day. I found a channel called Laff More. It’s great! It offers shows such as the Doris Day Show, The Ghost and Mr. Muir and many other old-time TV shows. Yes, some of them are corny. But the programs reflect on an era when TV had fewer channels. The shows shared innocence and fun.

Tonight’s fun for me includes playing Uno or other games with my husband Tom and some friends, weather permitting. Tom and I also play double solitaire on a semi-regular basis when time allows. (Today I beat him two games to one!)

Growing up, board games, cards and Jax were regular activities. Summertime games included bean bags, badminton, croquet and tag.

Yes, we’re older. Some of these things may not work for us now. Yet science proves creating fun as a priority has benefits. A short video from a woman who calls herself a recovering science journalist elaborates a bit on those benefits and how to create fun in your life.

What about you? Is fun a priority for you? If not, how can you make it a priority?

Did you make a New Year’s resolution for 2026?

I didn’t. For me, I decided it’s insanity to make a resolution.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein

After decades of making and not following through on New Year’s resolutions, I’ve chosen a different option.

I’ve chosen to live in the present with my desires and make changes as I go forward each day.

For those of us who used chalk and blackboards each day in school, you understand how erasing what’s written eventually isn’t enough. It works for a little while. Yet without washing it to wipe off the excess chalk dust, reading becomes more difficult. A daily wet wash brings more clarity to read what’s written.

Clarity of my day’s desires after a morning review allows me flexibility to change my priorities.

Priorities change. Desires change. Life happens. A resolution made a week, month or year ago may no longer be a priority. I’ve chosen to throw consistency away in favor of living in the present.

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

I see nothing wrong with making New Year’s resolutions. They simply do not work for me.

Stay flexible and do what’s best for you.

I wish you all a safe and Happy 2026.

I believe the current online help desks look like my desk the other day! I had a contractor put some shelving in my office and this was part of the result.

Today’s help desk is only online but I have to wonder if this is what it looks like. Either that or an open three-ring binder with a boiler-plate script for every supposed situation.

What are your thoughts?