Are YOU Ready for Bonza Bottler Day?
BONZA BOTTLER DAY is any day when the date and the month have
the same number -- in this case, JULY 7. Bonza, I'm told, means
"excellent" or "really great" in Australian, and there's some
suggestion that "bottler" means the same. Bonza Bottler is a
"just because" kind of holiday, started a decade or so ago by
the late Elaine Fremont who believed the world needed more
holidays. On BBD, we are called to let loose, just for the joy
of it, and Ms Fremont's original wish was that we celebrate
without alcohol or other artifical stimulants. Celebrate using
just our natural ability to be joyous -- even in hard times,
letting this part of ourselves play out . . . come out to play.
Think of Snoopy, dancing madly to music maybe only he can hear.
Think of Shrek and Princess Fiona, giggling and roughhousing as
they walk through a field.
Wicki, our Boston Terrier, is a great believer in "just
because." She loves to wrestle with Dudney, our 12- year-od cat,
and we, in turn, never tire of watching the two of them pouncing
and leaping and rolling around. Dogs and cats are not supposed
to play together -- their styles are too different, says
Conventional Wisdom. But for nearly 4 years now, cat-dog play
has been a regular and delightful aspect of our family life.
If they can do it, why can't we? Play, that is. Just because.
Take time out from the Tasks of Life, step aside from our
accustomed ways of being, and Celebrate. Why? Just because. May
you enjoy your own Bonza Bottler Day. This month. This week. Why
not today