So last night I was scrolling around on Facebook and Instagram, watching videos and whatnot and saw a few pics that friends had taken on Snapchat. I hadn't been on Snapchat for awhile so I clicked over to see what was new and goofed around with some of the filters to see what they did...you know exactly what I mean right? (most we don't save. 😁😁 )
I saw this cute one that someone had used to take a selfie with me over the weekend but I didn't realize that it was a voice changer! OMG! Did I have a ball with that? Now mind you, I am home alone with no one else to hear what I say or do so I was WIDE open. LOL! I like to imitate voices, not specific voices, just accents I guess I should say. So I recorded this goofy, corny, southern accent saying off the wall stuff and sent a message to my hubby....knowing he would bust out laughing and wishing I was sitting there when he did! He sends me a text that says, "You're not all there, that's funny! LOL" I was still watching it over and over and laughing my butt off and of course....I made another one! I posted that one on fb and then watched it over and over about 6 times and let me tell you what...I was laughing so hard I was crying, I mean, loud, belly laughs...so much that it made my little dog nervous! He ran up to me and put his paws up on my legs to see if I was okay and I was laughing so hard I really couldn't even talk to him. By the time I made myself stop watching it because it was past my bedtime, my stomach muscles hurt, my nose was running and I needed to wipe the tears off my face!
As I was getting ready for bed, I kept thinking about it but what I was thinking was...that was ME I was laughing at. My silly self being funny and it was a blast! I hadn't laughed like that in a long time and it felt good and happy!! I had hesitated to post it on fb because...what would people think, right? Then I felt so good and was having so much fun I just wanted someone else to enjoy it too, even at the cost of making me look silly. No, I was not drinking, it was just me, being spontaneous and silly.
At what point in our lives do we lose that childish nature? That fun loving, silly, spontaneous, goofy side of ourselves that we used to be? As a child, you just react, you do or say whatever crosses your mind and don't worry about what people think. In fact, thinking of our granddaughters, when they are doing something that makes people laugh, they KEEP on doing it, over and over...until someone cries Uncle and it usually isn't the kid!
I miss that whimsical, happy-go-lucky, carefree feeling. At some point we snuff it out because we are too grown up to behave like that. ~tsk~ What? I've always had a good sense of humor and loved making people laugh, I put humor in so much of my day, it puts people at ease...most of the time. I have had a customer on the line that I try something funny, a silly one liner to ease some tension and I hear crickets....so then I put my adult attitude back into play and move on...
But thinking back, in the banking industry, it is so dry, conservative, always have to look and act professional...well I get that, but we are talking to real human beings who have thoughts and feelings too and you never know what is going on with a person. Why not be the laughter and sunshine in their day for just a little bit, who cares if you make yourself look silly? If I've made someone laugh, it makes me happy!
Is it that I'm getting older and getting to the point where I really don't care what people think? Who knows, but I've found that goof-ball girl again and I like her, I think I'll keep her around.
Musings of a modern day mamaw.
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