Hello
Neither Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night
Will Stop the Natural Medicine of Humor
By Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
Have you ever considered how lucky we are
that for a mere $.37 we can have mail
delivered to almost anyone, almost anywhere
in the United States? And the mail delivery
and pick up is included in the price! Outside
of federal holidays, the mail even comes
regardless of the weather - hence the U.S.
Postal Service motto: "Neither rain nor heat
or gloom of night stays these couriers from
the swift completion of their appointed
rounds."
But did you know that the Postal Service
doesn't actually have a motto? More on this
later...
Celebrating Everything is important enough
to your health and success that I've made it
one of my Fun Commandments. I invite you to
learn all about my Fun Commandments, and my
unique Fun Factor prescription they form,
for free on my website. Starting today, you
can use the natural medicine of humor to
find energy, zest, health, and vitality you
thought was forever a childhood memory.
The epitome of celebrating everything is
found in the old joke about the boy who
wanted a pony for his birthday. Instead, he
found a room full of manure waiting for
him. But he dove right into the dung,
gleefully exclaiming, "With all this manure,
there's got to be a pony in here somewhere!"
Laugh as we might , however, we're quick to
remember that, as adults, we would never
allow ourselves such "naive" enthusiasm. Why
not? Do you realize what is behind such
a "grown up", "mature" decision? Your
deadly seriousness (taking yourself
too seriously) encourages the attitude that
a mature adult would never let herself be so
optimistic.
But we should do more than chuckle at this
birthday boy's unabashed optimism - we
should emulate it! When is the last
time you encountered an unexpected pile of
manure in your life? You had absolutely no
control over the mess, right? But you had
absolute control over your reaction to it!
When you celebrate everything, the
natural medicine of humor creates mental,
emotional, and spiritual health in us
like nothing you've felt before. You will
find that your fears become much less
controlling when you are celebrating
everything because you it doesn't matter
so much how things turn out anymore. In
fact, you are literally ready for anything
because you are prepared to find the
blessing in whatever happens.
My daughter-in-law, for example, broke her
back last year. My son, who is often my
model for the embodiment of my Fun
Commandments, can tick off a laundry list of
blessings his family has received as a
direct result of his wife's "tragedy." Not
that he's been without stress or struggle,
but faced with the choice of resentment and
anger over an event he couldn't control
versus finding the blessings waiting for
him, he has chosen the latter.
The choice to celebrate everything is not a
panacea; my son's choice did not change the
reality of his wife's injury. What my son's
choice did change, however, was his ability
to respond to the injury. Celebrating
everything changes our lives because it
allows us to positively control the only
things we have control over - our
actions, ideas, and attitudes.
Here are two methods to instill the habit of
celebrating everything:
- Make a point to say "thank you" to
someone everyday. This works best if
you appreciate someone who largely goes
unnoticed because celebration is one half
gratitude. Cultivate gratitude and you're
halfway to making each day a
celebration.
- Listen for the sounds of laughter all
around you. If you are intent on hearing
it, you will notice over twenty
variations...and you will notice a lot of
it! The other half of celebration is joy
and listening for laughter focuses you on
the existing joy all around you.
By the way, that famous quote assigned to
the Postal Service comes from the Greek
historian Herodotus and was written about
the mounted postal couriers of ancient
Persia. It was the architects designing the
New York City post office who placed the
message along the top of the building - most
likely because there exist no other quotes
regarding mail service!
But if you start making a commitment to
celebrate everything, you'll find that
neither rain nor heat nor gloom of night
will keep you from gratitude and joy. And a
state of gratitude and joy unleashes humor's
natural medicine like nothing else! See
you at my website..
Fun Times subscribers love to GIVE! And I'm making
it easy for you do follow suite during the entire month
of January; for this entire month I will donate
a full 20% of the purchase price of my unique
Fun Factor prescription to Indonesian relief
efforts.
If you have been on the fence regarding this investment,
or have been thinking about giving someone this
life changing gift, you can now help yourself
and someone else at the same time! Simply follow
the link below:
As a newsletter subscriber you are entitled
to two FREE gifts, described below!
Here is your first FREE gift: you
are eligable to take our E-Course,
Stop Your Seriousness! To take the course,
simply click on the link below and type the
following password, verbatim, to gain access
to the webpage.
Password: "ILoveTheFunFactor"
Here is your second FREE gift: Dr. Kuhn's book
"Ten Ways You Can Be Happier...Right Now!" is
ready to add fuel to your fun! Just follow
the link below to get the book and
start being happier...right now!
Here is an unannounced FREE gift: get Dr. Kuhn's
fun and informative writing delivered right
to your computer. No more opening email or
even visiting the website (unless you want to
do that) to find out the latest news from
Cliff. It's cool, fun, fast, easy, and FREE
to follow the link below!
Some Humor for the Week
"Money is better than poverty, if only for
financial reasons."
Woody Allen
"Most people don't know what they're doing,
and a lot of them are really good at it."
George Carlin