Our June Ho‘ohana: Le‘ale‘a - Let’s Play!

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[Jodee Bock]

Ah, Rosa - I need to let you know how inspired I am by your book, your blog, and YOU! It has been a long time coming, but I'm finally reaching out as I've heard so much about you for so long from our friend Phil G.

Thank you for this wonderful post about June in Hawaii. June in North Dakota is more similar than I may have expected. We anticipate the turn of the calendar here with memories of short summers past and now, here it is!

I am devouring your book and loving everything about it, including the spirit it creates in me. It won't be soon enough, but I'll be making my first trip to Hawaii in 2008 for the international Sweet Adeline competition and convention. I'll make a point to meet you then if not before (but I'll do my best not to wait that long!).

Thank you again for being who you are. You've given me so many new perspectives and I'm just sorry it's taken me so long to let you know!

Greetings again from Jodee in North Dakota!

[David Zinger]

Hi Rosa,

I love the idea of June being a playful month. I have been so busy for the past 2 months. I have been reading but not participating in the community.

In addition to my strength based leadership blog I write a playful blog and your post added more incentive to keep being playful.

I believe it was Sigmund Freud who said the mark of sanity was the ability to blur the lines between work and play.

Let's play.

David

[Steve Sherlock]

Rosa, I am ready to play. Six scoops... that would make one MIGHTY banana split. This is a good sized group so it might be just enough for us all. Each can add their own topping and bring their own spoon. Sounds like a grand old time in this land of our virtual community!

[Beth Robinson]

Rosa, you have picked a value for June so close to my heart!

A little personal story. Once upon a time many years ago, I left flowers for my boyfriend of that time, and signed the little note with my initials like this: BR Inc.

He read it and began laughing. He'd read it as "brinc" and the verb "brincar" means "to play" in Portuguese. Not to play a game or a sport (World Cup fanatics take note!), which would be "jogar", but only to play as a child does. Being a Brazilian music producer, he wrote on my note and handed it back to me with the lyrics to a song by Rita Lee, Brazil's queen of rock and roll.

Loosely translated, the lyrics go something like "Play at being serious, take play seriously." I was just at the juncture of leaving the corporate world for my first entrepreneurial adventure, and I named my company "Brincar, Inc" and had those lyrics printed on my business card.

Later, when I discovered Parelli Natural Horsemanship, I knew I'd found the right stuff because they asked us to have the attitude of playing with, not working with, our horses.

Thanks for the reminder of the value of not taking ourselves too seriously, of giving one another joy through the power of play.

Looking forward to a playful lunch with you in a couple of weeks!
Beth

[Karen Wallace]

Oh Rosa! What timing! Even if, we have just had winter thrust upon us (it was a very sudden onset of zero degrees- celcius nights last week), we still need time to relax, to restore our batteries and clear space in our minds and our hearts. What better way than by playing?

On Sunday my husband and I took our three kids to Seaworld on the Gold Coast (Queensland) for a surprise day of play. And the total best time was had by all, even with a mid-afternoon thunderstorm (actually I think that added to the excitement!)

But the true test of the weekend of all fun, and no work was Monday morning, when your forum and a few other surprises awaited me. It was almost like I needed to relax, and get away from the computer to have the good things happen.

I'm now encouraging everyone I know to get out there and have some fun (at work as well as away from work). I am looking forward to playing with you and the community this month!

[Rick Fuqua]

Once a year, we have our "Hawaiian Shirt Day" contest, which will take on a whole new meaning for me this year now that I am a MWA convert.

[Starbucker]

Rosa, thanks for this great sendoff into a new month! I've been lucky enough to start my month of play in Jackson Hole Wyoming, one of my favorite places in the world. Joy just oozes from this place, with the Teton mountains soaring majestically into the clear blue sky. My smile is contant here, and I'm determined to keep it throughout the month (and beyond). I'm also happy to absorb your incredible positive energy, so bring on the six scoops!

[Rosa Say]

Aloha kākou everyone from Las Vegas!

It is so terrific to know that joy and playfulness abound wherever you may be too, and that you are eager, willing and ready to jump on my bandwagon here, lightening up our spirits.

The Ho‘ohana Community will lead the way once again :-)

This is going to be a sensational month, thank you so very much for sharing your mana‘o with us here as we play!

Much, much aloha to all of you,
Rosa