Everyone has a natural comfort zone, a range of events and behaviours where one feels at peace. I eat almost the same breakfast every day and listen to same news cast most evenings. These rituals and habits are rather boring, but they work for me.
But where is the excitement and now of the moment? To supplement this static existence, I seek out what I call “GOOD CRAZY”. Good means not harmful to oneself or others, and more likely beneficial and uplifting. Crazy suggests carefree, random, other than usual and most importantly fun. Added together, good crazy affords immense scope to be in the moment, happy and feeling alive.
There is so much opportunity for adventure and joy in the present moment if one only steps outside one’s comfort zone. Why not pay a compliment to a colleague, buy a thoughtful gift for a friend, take a different route home or have a different breakfast? These little tweaks to our regular patterns makes the day feel more memorable and real.
Good crazy unlocks so many chances to do wonderful things for others or oneself. One wonders why we don’t naturally seek to do more spontaneous good. Perhaps it is because we are on automatic pilot or just too comfortable being other than crazy.
Some people assume that if others were to act more in the moment that might imply doing wrong or evil things. My observation is that there is so much more privatized goodness eager to be expressed than evil. Going more public with one’s immediate positive emotions will release much wellness. Being good crazy is about empowering goodness, but please contain those bad crazy impulses.
Experiment with your good crazy zone, it will likely improve your circumstances. To slightly paraphrase Lou Reed, “Walk on the wilder side”.
Risk a little good crazy to spice up your life.
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