Shake Me Up.I'll Shake You Back

.... well this is boring
...........yeah. yeah it is

THIS IS to often THE CASE.

But I promise you. If you shake me, I'll shake you back. And I bet I'm not the only one who will return this favor because so many people are bored... yeah... yeah they are.

It is your human interaction. No matter how uncalled for it may be that can initiate all of this shaking!
(caution: this does not warrant socially inappropriate interaction)

I've believed in this shaken (not stirred) method since I was in 9th grade. After spending grades 4-8 holding back from human interactions (this behavior may have existed this date but I can't say with certainty) at the fear of finding out what potentially catastrophic results of shaking may be. While the feeling of constantly censoring your inner stir'er resulting in the building of pressure, confusion and stronger walls to prevent the escape of the stir'er inside may be more of a extrovert experience I hope this feeling might connect to you (out there) in some way. In grade 9 I explicitly, perhaps even out loud, told myself there's no point! Both the world and me will be better of if I just *shake things up* - ask questions, start conversations, crack jokes (?), and get involved and dirty with friends, classmates and even strangers.
dirty - in a non-dirty but hands-on kind of way

And you know things really worked out! Life was great! My inner-being wasn't feeling the build up of pressure or limitations of thick walls. Because shaking things up makes your life interesting, and at least a couple minutes of those around you too! Shaking things up leads to new discoveries, relationships and understandings.


How to Shake:
- strike up a conversation with a stranger
- share something with someone you don't know
- move your body in unexpected lively ways
- invite someone on an adventure (something unusual and exciting, no matter how small it is)
- have fun with how you express yourself to others (poetry, paint, dance, song!)


An ode to the lady who shook me most recently:

while in one of the places which currently gives me very little pleasure but I see great potential in the SUBWAY (somber faces, people in close proximity trying their best to ignore everyone around them but so much diversity and opportunities for great conversations). A lady who I would guess to be in her 60s and was sitting a few seats away from me turns to look at me (who is mercilessly chewing on my nails) and says "no" while wagging her pointer finger back - and - forth. Perhaps this form of shaking was not as 'ideal' as  moving your body in unexpected and lively ways but it worked! It was a brave and unexpected opening into a great (aka. 'interesting') conversation. She shook me. I did my best to shake her back. And now I'm writing about it. Because life is better shaken not stirred.