Why You Shouldn’t Have More Fun In 2016
Somebody said it on the radio:
“My new year’s resolution is to have more fun.”
It was accepted, glossed over. They moved on. Played some music.
I was just left wondering.
How are you going to do that, then?
Maybe she’ll gate crash some weddings.
Perhaps her idea of fun is getting stoned or drunk on more occasions, in which case I can only hope she finds the medical treatment and rehab fun in 2017.
That’s not fun, that’s making yourself sick!
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I suppose there are things she might do that would be fun.
She could go dancing more. Make love more.
But the very phrasing of the wish sounds off to me. To have fun implies that the fun activities will be there for her.
The dance halls or night clubs would have to be open more. Her lover would need to be more available and willing.
Having more fun isn’t a resolution. It’s like deciding you’re going to have more sunny days this year. Assuming you aren’t going to do a ton of travelling, there’ll be as many sunny days where you live as there will be.
Nothing you can do about that.
My advice to that lady – and anyone who’d like more fun in any year, (2016 being as good as any since you can start right NOW), wouldn’t be to have more fun.
It would be to BE more fun.
Smile more.
Boogie in the shower.
Sing while you wait for the kettle to boil.
Take a whoopee cushion to a coffee shop and make the family at the next table giggle.
Give balloons to kids in the shopping mall – for free.
Hug people more.
Have A Gratitude Attitude
Give thanks for all your experiences – you’ll find more silver linings than you ever thought possible if you just decide to be grateful even when you’ve just dropped a plate while washing up or your car won’t start and you’re already late.
It all comes out in the wash anyway.
The great and wonderful Patch Adams figured it out.
You can read about his life on Wikipedia, of course, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams), but in a nutshell, following the death of his father, then later the suicide of a beloved uncle and the departure of a girlfriend which left him heartbroken, Patch became suicidal. After a brief stay in a mental institution he reasoned,
“You don’t kill yourself, stupid. You make revolution.”
He became fun – and he still is.
His work has inspired and contributed to the healing of countless people over many decades.
And the great discovery you’ll make is that as you have a lighter heart, more good stuff starts happening to you as if by magic.
Now that, if you don’t mind my saying so, is a recipe for a genuinely happy new year!
