Wear Your Ridiculousness Every day

I read a part of a poem from @christhecocreater. It reads:

“Every time I tried to look wise I killed the part of me that knew how to play. Turns out the cure for shame is wearing your ridiculousness like lingerie.”

Something about the way we are trained to be serious adults and this creates shame when the parts of us that want to be playful and ridiculous come out. We are all inherently playful beings, we just might have forgotten how. Society sees achievement and perfection as hallmarks for success but this doesn’t leave much room for being ridiculous and weird (because that’s not what the world has taught us is acceptable) and then we mask and hide ourselves away in secrecy the messy parts are shamed but I think why not embrace them all. Be silly, not force yourself into a box you don’t fit into and hide away all the messy bits that every human has, and I personally think are the most intersting and joyful parts of us. If we stop caring about looking silly and trying to always say the right thing, the smartest thing, the best thing, to come across as successful then we are building shame and squashing our essence.

I read a part of a poem from @christhecocreater. It reads:

“Every time I tried to look wise I killed the part of me that Knew how to play Turns out The cure for shame is Wearing your ridiculousness Like lingerie.”

Something about this really hit me. We’re trained to become “serious adults,” and somewhere along the way, we learn to hide the parts of ourselves that want to be playful, silly, even ridiculous. And when those parts do sneak out, shame shows up fast.

The truth is, we are all inherently playful beings but many of us have forgotten. Society teaches us that achievement and perfection are what make us valuable. There isn’t much space in that story for being weird, messy, or unpolished. So we tuck those sides of ourselves away, mask them, and pretend they don’t exist.

But those messy, silly parts are not flaws. They’re often the most interesting, joyful, and human parts of us. So don’t hide them away and force ourselves into a box that was never meant to fit.

If we stop worrying about looking smart, polished, or “successful” all the time, we stop feeding the shame that tells us we’re not enough and we make more space for our essence, our ridiculousness, our play.