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Even Zombies Can Learn to Have Fun
April 11, 2005
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Even Zombies Can Learn to Have Fun

By Greg Kuhn
The Laugh Doctor Junior

I just spent a week with 20,000 zombies. Not
literally, of course. But my family and I
watched people shuffle around like dulled,
mindless drones all week. I was shocked to
encounter them and you'll be shocked too,
when I reveal where we were last week...

My Dad, Dr. Kuhn, and I acknowledge that
many things in life are not inherently fun. Paying
your utilities bill, doing your laundry,
burying your beloved pet dog, packing for a
move, or changing your car's oil are all
examples of tasks which are not only "un-
fun," but which you might even dread. Nobody
gets out of bed thinking, "I hope I discover
a leaky pipe today!" Yet, because we are
adults, we must deal with these "un-fun"
responsibilities
.

You have your own personal list of "un-fun"
bugaboos. These "un-fun" responsibilities
constitute, like it or not, a great portion
of your adult life. Your personal list is
precisely the reason The Fun Factor is your
primary tool for your health and success
,
because The Fun Factor reminds you to turn
those lemons into lemonade
.

What is adulthood for most, other than a
never-ending chain of serious, stressful
responsibilities that we randomly relieve
and reward with brief intervals of
sanctioned recreation? Unfortunately, our
efforts at recreation do not work
- as I'll
reveal in a moment!

Children, however, naturally search for fun
in everything they do. And that continual
search fills them with an otherworldly level
of energy and optimism. That search also
allows them to find fun in whatever they are
doing; children don't wait for the
attainment of some goal or objective to have
fun
.

Are you making the same deadly mistake that
almost every adult makes
? Are you accepting
the "fact" that adulthood means less energy,
poorer health, lowered vitality, and
decreased resiliency? Why? Who told you
that boundless energy, incredible optimism,
superb health, and amazing resiliency are
only for children? And, more importantly,
why do you believe it?

At some point you did start to believe that
lie! At some point you stopped looking for
fun in all your activities and started
waiting for your fun and happiness as the
reward for completing them
. A reward,
unfortunately, that never arrives.

The essence of The Fun Factor is that your
fun is always found right here and right
now
! I know you aren't interested in
playing the same games you enjoyed as a
child, but you must reacquaint yourself with
your childlike willingness to have your fun
where you find it because I am 100% certain
that there will be utility bills, dirty
laundry, a beloved pet to grief, a move to
make, and oil to change tomorrow
! And if
you're waiting for your fun and happiness to
arrive as your reward for finishing those
tasks, then you only have more stress, more
disease, less vitality, and diminished
resilience ahead
.

Why am I so certain about your fate? Allow
me to reveal where I saw the 20,000 zombies
last week -- Walt Disney World! Shockingly,
amid a veritable fantasyland of pure,
unadulterated fun, I will conservatively
estimate that 92% of all the adults (non-
employees, that is) I encountered at Disney
World were unsmiling and unhappy.

"But," you're saying, "paying $5 for a hot
dog, shepherding whiny children, and waiting
in line 54 minutes for a 3 minute ride are
not fun!" You're right, those things are
not inherently "fun." But, like paying your
bills and doing your laundry, those
responsibilities comprise a great portion of
your day at Disney World. And if you can't
have fun at Disney World then what is it
like when you tackle your "un-fun"
responsibilities at home and the office
?

I assume you're not at Disney World as you
read this. Ask yourself, this moment, "Am I
having fun right now?" If you answer "no,"
what are you going to do about it? Are you
going to continue to put off your fun and
continue your descent into stress, pressure,
poor health, and lower energy
?

Or will you recommit yourself to find your
fun amid your "chores" and
responsibilities? Will you reclaim your
birthright of health, vigor, stamina, and
resilience
?

Today you escape your fate as one of the
20,000 zombies
and you don't have to do it
alone. Allow Dr. Kuhn, The Fun Factor, and
me to help you remember and rediscover a
world where life's little irritations are no
longer pebbles in your shoes
. Discover the
fun, health, and happiness that awaits you
this very moment!

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Some Humor for the Week

"On cable TV they have a weather channel,
twenty four hours of weather. We had
something like that where I grew up. We
called it a window."
Dan Spencer

"I really wanted to meet the guy who
invented solitaire, because I just love that
game. But he wouldn't answer my requests. Apparently
he prefers to be alone."
Cliff Kuhn, M.D.

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this newsletter or tell them to sign up for it
themselves by going to "http://www.natural-
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spread the happiness virus together!

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