Silliness: And Showing Up in the World as a Kid

When my dear friend Dennis asked me, a few months ago, not to miss the “Friendship Bench” session of December, 17^th, given how much I love the planned topic “Silliness and showing up in the world as a kid”, I promised I would do my best. About two to three weeks ago, he requested co-hosting the session with him. I was beyond humbled and left with no choice but to honor his gentle wish! This meant that I needed to inform my dancing class friends that I wouldn’t be able to join.

You need to understand it is a big deal for two main reasons: the most trivial one is that I love dancing. You merely need to have a look at the following 15 sec-video to witness the obvious! The second drive is way more important to me. I offer a free healing session to suffering souls, and I don’t like to lose any opportunity to serve.

The bright smiles of my friends accompanying their gratitude for the vibes I am sending in their direction, as well as their advice to think about joining a theater club, are simply priceless! For the quick story, last year, when I was drinking some water during a short break between two songs, I felt a warm hug from behind. I turned to see a woman I never met before. I was confused, thanked her for the sweet affection before asking why I deserved it in the first place:

“I came today dragging my feet. My heart was too heavy because of some family challenges. I am still not sure how you did it, but somehow your magical presence poured love and lightness into my heart! Could you please be my muse and promise to attend the class every week?”

To come back to our bench, I introduced the topic and specified the difference between “acting childish” and “being childish”: the former is the outcome of having set ourselves free from the conditioning while being a responsible and accountable individual. The latter, though, is the proof our emotional maturity stopped at the toddler’s stage despite all the adulthood “masks”.

Dennis had the kindness to share two videos, afterward, of my silliness in two different contexts:

• A technical issue during my dancing class special session (Halloween party): the music was interrupted several times; thus, triggering a general frustration that I was observing on people’s faces.
• A professional gathering, and most precisely an awards’ ceremony where most of the audience were too serious. All that mattered was to take a picture of the award and post their ultimate proof of success on social media. I couldn’t witness it without doing something about it.

Should you be interested to see the videos, they were shared here:

How Is Silliness Creating Magic?

 “Why do you think I acted silly?”

This was the first question I asked following watching the silliness manifestations. The group folks shared some interesting feedback. One of them hit home and made me think of the ‘former emotionally imbalanced perfectionist me’. She was craving her stolen moments from the universe where she could re-connect with her inner child… The answer was from Chris Ward, and was stipulating, “Silliness is a return to your true self, and discovery of your lost self.” The most hilarious of my stories aligned with this truth goes back eleven years, most probably.

I was in Paris on vacation. We went out to celebrate one of my friends’ birthday. We decided to eat at “Chez Léon Champs-Elysées”. It is a restaurant chain famous for its delicious variety of mussels. The waiting line was huge, and we were getting impatient and started feeling hungry. Thus, we checked the menu online so that to decide upstream and be served immediately. We were a group of ten to twelve people.

An important detail to mention here is that it is common to share—or at least taste—your companions’ meal! At that time, I was very religious and never drank a single drop of alcohol (prohibited by my birth religion). After tasting my friend’s dish, he informed me it was prepared with wine.

Interestingly, even if the scientific me knew undoubtedly that, when cooked, the wine’s alcohol is evaporated, the little girl somehow tricked my brain to believe I was drunk and trigger some unstoppable giggling. Dennis shared during one of the sessions this laughter:

You can multiply it by 5 times to get the picture! It was so contagious that the whole restaurant joined us, including customers and staff.

Little did I know that my reaction would reveal ten years later that my inner child was surviving in a virtual prison her whole existence, and that she needed to be harshly abused by a malignant narcissist who took care of destroying her self-esteem before leaving her in the darkest places to wake up and set herself free through re-writing her subconscious program.

Some other feedbacks that resonated the most with me, nurtured my soul and that will stay with me forever because of their accuracy and, most importantly, how seen and validated they made me feel are:

• Chris Ward (again): Demonstration of being fully self-expressed.
• Paula Goodman: Immediate connection exists in the smile of silliness.
• Catherine Fitzgerald: I think you were silly because you are very self-confident and not worried about what others think. Also, you are very connected to the energy in the room, and that you reflected it back to all.