Acting the part

One of the challenging things about DIR/Floortime is the way you have to put your whole self into the interaction: body, voice, mind and soul. Today when I woke up it was miserable out: Great lashes of wind-swept winter rain,  gray and cloudy, and it felt just like a heavy hat on my head. I realized that I just did not feel like being fun today....and I briefly thought about calling in sick.

But I didn't. I picked up my first kid and we started to play. I laughed, said silly things, he laughed, looked at me, and within a half-hour, I was feeling it...happy again! Fun! Funny! All my early-morning blues went away...

and so I relearned something I keep learning: even if you are not in a very good mood, acting like you are can make the difference between a low-energy day and a high-energy day.  Actually smiling and laughing can lift your spirits...even if you are not really 'feeling it' at first.

So to use the Nike logo: "Just do it!"

Improve the world, and your world,  one smile at a time.