No matter how strongly we identify with our role as parent, child, sibling, professional, intellectual, artist, etc., none of these paints an even remotely complete picture of who we are. Like actors, we play many different roles. Unlike actors, we get carried away believing that these roles actually define us. By observing ourselves with interested detachment, as an actor might, we can allow ourselves to be more playful and have more fun. All we have to do is change our frame of reference from the doer to the…

Observer.