All work and no play makes jack a dull boy!

 “True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body, the two are ever united” Wilhelm von Humboldt

It’s such a joy to see children who play creative games, run around, dance , sing, jump and do all bits of activity  . Though at times it is a stress for parents on a lighter note, but one must agree that their laughter fills the air with such freshness. 

As parents we always remember the stuffs our child did when they were kids and as grandparents we look forward to recreating the same atmosphere with our grandchildren. Those days are always in our memory box.

Last few years, the pandemic locked our kids inside home with no much place to runaround, dance or jump. The online classes conducted by educational institutes forced them to sit in front of the computer with no true enjoyment or exercise of the body. But it’s a relief to see this atmosphere change though slowly.

My recent visit to an activity & fitness class center, took me down the line of my childhood memories. As I sat at the receptionist waiting for my friend, the dance music playing in one of the classrooms, naturally made me shake my legs and hands in to the dance  tune  .Very soon I knew ,I was singing in my mind and humming to the beat of the music. As the classroom door opened all I could see was little ones laughing, jumping, dancing, and shaking their bodies in different angles. In the other room were older ladies, teenagers dancing and exercising removing all the stress of the day and the shedding the extra fat stuff in their bodies. Later I came to know it was the Zumba & Aerobic class that was going on there.

Looking at their radiant smiling faces, I knew they all had a gala time.This was true enjoyment , a dance activity resulting in physical as well as mental activeness

Back then in my childhood days we had such huge playgrounds, big space to cycle around, play cricket, badminton, hockey, football, hopscotch, hide and seek and much more. Everyone had sufficient space to play what they wanted. 

Such space in today’s time is not seen . Most of the kids are with gadgets in their hand, sitting on the couch and engrossed in playing games on gadgets giving no physical exercise but only strain in eyes and an addiction which is of no good use.

But thanks to activity centers around which have dance, gymnastics, martial arts , zumba, aerobics, and all sorts of fitness classes which ensure  physical development of  the child and give them break from studies. There are also extracurricular classes like swimming, skating ,rubik , chess , drawing , music classes too for those interested in art and sports. One can make a career in it too

No doubt education is important, but a bit of fun thing is needed which makes mind and body work. 

As said , “ all work and no play makes jack a dull boy!!.”.. 

So lets welcome true enjoyment which comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body by enrolling ourselves and our little ones in such activity centers.

Written by Connect People Work [CPWWORLD]