The Magic of The “F” Word
by Roz Trieber, MS, CHES
Words Words, Words Glorious Words. One of my favorite words is Fun. That’s
what the F stands for. Life has to be fun. Isn’t that what we really
wish everyone when we send birthday and holiday greetings? Our
greetings convey a message for a healthy, happy, vibrant, life --- Every single
day of our life.
FUN is pure energy. It reflects a certain attitude and willingness
to live. Having fun means creating more opportunities to dance on the
ceiling and feel the joy of living. When we are experiencing
fun, we are living in the moment, with a smile on our face, and a twinkle
in our eye, or perhaps a beanie hat on our head!
Have you ever thought about how many words have fun as their root and we miss
the point! Take the word Fundamental for example: Fundamental means the
basics. The first three letters spell fun. That means enjoyment needs
to be the basics for just about everything we do. If you’re working at
a job and not having fun or enjoying what you are doing, get a new job!
Now here’s a really good word. Funeral. Are you ready for
this one? The first three letters of the word funeral spell – you
got it! Fun. However, we often think of funerals as sad, sobbing scenarios. Maybe,
that’s why we see family members at funerals that we haven’t seen
in years. They come to be resurrected and reconnected to experience a
sense of belonging. Don’t wait for a funeral; connect with your
family while you are alive.
With a little bit of creativity, we can create our own fun words. Wonderful
becomes Funderful, fantastic becomes Funtastic, exercise becomes Funercise
and Sunday becomes Funday.
Fun never goes out of style. Try this on for size. A silly rhyming game.
Choose a word, any word and follow it with rhyming nonsense words or real words. For
example: busy, dizzy, tizzy, frizzy and so on. Now it’s your
turn. Turn to the person sitting next to you and rhyme a word for the
next 30 seconds.
Is this fun or what! Give yourself permission to be silly. There
is no need to care about what others are thinking. You are living in
the moment and laughing all the way!
If we didn’t have a funectomy (the removal of our fun gene) when we were
born, this is how our sense of humor might have developed.
Remember when we were preschoolers and we rolled over laughing when we heard
a riddle that went like this: “What do you get when you cross an elephant
with a jar of peanut butter? The answer was You get a peanut butter sandwich
that never forgets! We weren’t trying to be funny, we were having fun
naturally.
By the time we were eight years old we were beginning to develop our witty
sense of humor and have more fun. We could identify comical aspects in
the craziness of daily life; remember this riddle? “ Why do hot
dogs come in packages of 12 when hot dog rolls come in packages of eight?” This
riddle continues to circulate on the internet. We are older than eight years
old and we still laugh.
The magic of fun never stops.
As I look into the mirror of miracles, I am able to experience fun through
my senses.
Fun tastes like eating freshly baked chunky, chocolate chip cookies with friends
and family.
Fun is the sound of hysterical laughter coming from children and adults as
they drop trucks and blocks off of the top of a banister.
Fun smells like gardenias, roses, and lilacs blooming in the spring.
Fun is having friendships that are intertwined with honesty, trust, loyalty,
and unconditional acceptance.
When I Connect fun with a sense of humor, magic happens:
I don’t think about aches, pains, and other aggravations.
The right side of my brain meets the left side of my brain making me more flexible
and creative.
Friends, colleagues, and family actually like being in my company –
After all, when we laugh together, we like being together.
I am known as Chief Coping Coordinator to myself and even to others.
I never leave home without a hug!
Best of all, I am internally happy.
I like to think of fun the way Dr. Clifford Kuhn, author of “The Fun
Factor” thinks of it:”When you’re making others laugh, you’re
having sex with them. But if you’re sharing a laugh with them,
you’re making love.”
Have FUN now, why wait?
Roz Trieber works with organizations to reduce stress and increase productivity using humor and improvisation. For more information on Roz ’s speaking programs, books, cd's and learning programs contact HUMORFUSION at 410.998.9585 or Roz@humorfusion.com. (www.humorfusion.com)
© 2004 Copyright by Roz Trieber and Trieber Associates, Inc.
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