Spontaneity

Spontaneity, being spontaneous, definitely brings Joy.  I especially love embracing the spontaneous with my children.

Spontaneity defined as “the condition of being spontaneous”; “spontanenous behaviour or action; the state or quality of being spontaneous - happening naturally and without being planned”; “spontaneous behaviour, movement, action”.

I have loved the chance to embrace the Spontaneity over the school holidays.  One day we went to the beach and ran into one of my daughter’s friends and after they had a swim and play together I agreed for my daughter’s friend to come here for dinner and for them to hang out together.  It was fun, it was spontaneous, it created Joy.  It created Joy for my children.

Yesterday I was with my son at the front of the house and my neighbour was taking her dog for a walk - Spontaneity, embracing opportunities, requesting permission to embrace opportunities, comes natural for children.  In the next minute my little boy is grabbing his sandals and going for walk, hand in hand with our friend.  Spontaneity bringing him Joy and Joy to me too as I see his Joy.

Today we ask my other neighbour if we can have a swim in her pool, it was not planned, it was not expected, I just did it, respectively requested this privilege, and once again Spontenity brings Joy and the building of new friendships.

I have loved when my good friend and I have been spontenous and decided to go out for dinner together, almost on the spur of the moment.  Sometimes we try to plan and organise a date in advance and it’s hard to make it happen - and yet when we embrace the Spontaneity, it can happen easily and naturally and bring Joy.

We love being spontaneous too, being in the moment and letting the moment carry us in a new direction. 

Seeing my children, so excited when I say yes as we grab an opportunity, brings me great Joy.  I also almost have a sense of accomplishment when I have seized the opportunity and demonstrated Spontaneity - that I have allowed myself to be in the flow and this brings me Joy too.

I also like the Spontaneity of my children “let’s look out the window tonight and see what we can see” and surprisingly we see a possum in the tree and I love the excitement and Joy it brings us all.  I am not good with a routine, I want to be better at it sometimes, and yet I do love a sense of flexibility which does often leads to the opportunity and Joy of Spontaneity.  Tonight I could have said “lights out and everyone to bed”, yet I find myself calling out to my little boy and we sit perched at the window looking for the possum’s tail, seeing if it is okay, watching it descend in the dark.  In these moments of togetherness we feel the Joy.