What the World Needs Now is Laughter!
In the this time, there is so much fear. The Republicans are trying to make us afraid of the Democrats and the Democrats are trying to make us afraid of the Republicans. Like many I just want honesty, which I don't think we are getting. So here is my solution.
Before anyone can vote, each person must laugh for 10 minutes. With the increase in endorphins, creative thinking is possible and I think people will make a better choice.
In fact, I think we all need to laugh each day for about 10 minutes. Laughter increases our immune system. It raises our energy. It helps us be more positive and creative.
The most wonderful thing is that your body doesn't know the difference between fake and real laughter. Endorphins are released whether it is real laughter or not and you feel better. So even if you just say, "TEE HEE, TEE HEE," and just pretend to laugh you will still get the benefits of laughter.
So I believe what the world needs now is laughter; so for you, HAAAAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogstop
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
The Importance of Saying Yes
I believe that we need to get into the habit of saying "Yes" more than "No." Too much in the work place we say, "No." Too much at home we say, "No." When my younger brother was about three, he said "Yes," to everything. My two older sisters and I loved asking him questions, like, "Do you want to eat poop? And he would say very enthusiastic, "Yes." We would laugh, and ask him if he wanted to eat snakes, "Yes," he would say. We loved it.
Well I am suggesting that we need to work on saying "Yes," more often than, "No." From a great book by Gordon MacKenzie called, "Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace."
One time after I'd told my Paradox story at a conference, someone in
the audience asked:
"Did you always tell people their ideas were good?"
"Yes."
"Were all the ideas good?"
"Almost all."
" What about the ideas that weren't good?"
"They were almost good."
"Wouldn't that destroy your credibility- saying every idea was a good idea?
"The person I was visiting with wouldn't know I told everyone else the same
thing."
"But why tell someone an idea is good even is it isn't?"
"In any large corporation, rank-and-file workers who put forward truly new
ideas have the deck stacked against them right from the beginning. Most
companies are peppered with people who are very quick to say "No." Most
newly hatched ideas are shot down before they even have time to grow
feathers, let alone wings. In saying "Yes" to all those who brought their ideas
to me, I was simply leveling the imbalance a bit. And it worked. People who
have a deep passion for their ideas don't need a lot of encouragement. One
"Yes" in a sea of "No's" can make the difference.
For the sake of dreams and creativity let's all practice saying "Yes." For the sake of our happiness and peace let's all practice saying "Yes," to ourselves.
To have a better world we need to be more positive than negative, and "Yes," is much more positive than "No".
Think about that.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.onewomanslaughter.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
I believe that we need to get into the habit of saying "Yes" more than "No." Too much in the work place we say, "No." Too much at home we say, "No." When my younger brother was about three, he said "Yes," to everything. My two older sisters and I loved asking him questions, like, "Do you want to eat poop? And he would say very enthusiastic, "Yes." We would laugh, and ask him if he wanted to eat snakes, "Yes," he would say. We loved it.
Well I am suggesting that we need to work on saying "Yes," more often than, "No." From a great book by Gordon MacKenzie called, "Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace."
One time after I'd told my Paradox story at a conference, someone in
the audience asked:
"Did you always tell people their ideas were good?"
"Yes."
"Were all the ideas good?"
"Almost all."
" What about the ideas that weren't good?"
"They were almost good."
"Wouldn't that destroy your credibility- saying every idea was a good idea?
"The person I was visiting with wouldn't know I told everyone else the same
thing."
"But why tell someone an idea is good even is it isn't?"
"In any large corporation, rank-and-file workers who put forward truly new
ideas have the deck stacked against them right from the beginning. Most
companies are peppered with people who are very quick to say "No." Most
newly hatched ideas are shot down before they even have time to grow
feathers, let alone wings. In saying "Yes" to all those who brought their ideas
to me, I was simply leveling the imbalance a bit. And it worked. People who
have a deep passion for their ideas don't need a lot of encouragement. One
"Yes" in a sea of "No's" can make the difference.
For the sake of dreams and creativity let's all practice saying "Yes." For the sake of our happiness and peace let's all practice saying "Yes," to ourselves.
To have a better world we need to be more positive than negative, and "Yes," is much more positive than "No".
Think about that.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.onewomanslaughter.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
Sunday, August 17, 2008
"You are Well Because You are Happy"
"You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will change to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working." Emmet Fox
The thought that my life, my happiness, my health is dependent on what is going on inside, not what is happening outside is challenging to understand. So many of us think, feel, and act like we are simply victims I don't ask for bad things to happen to me. I don't want to worry. I don't want to have bad health. I don't want to have money problems. I am not bringing these things to myself.
As I read more books about "The Law of Attraction, " I am working on realizing that I do have the power to create my life. If I can replace my negative thoughts and feelings and replace them with positive thoughts and feeling I can change my life. Is this easy? If I think it is easy, it will be. If I think it is hard, it will be.
Everything is just a thought, and the more I concentrate and focus on that thought the more I bring it into my life. As Stephen Covey explains we have the SEE-DO-GET model. How I see the world, my paradigm, creates what I do, my behavior, which leads to what I get, my results. My model is more, SEE-FEEL-DO-GET. How if see the world, my paradigm, creates how I feel, my emotions, which creates what I do, my behavior, which leads to what I get, my results.
So going back to Emmet Fox's quote, to create the life I want, I need to work on myself and change my thoughts and feeling, which will change my behavior (actions), which will change the results I get, which will change my life.
I am all for this. What about YOU?
If you would like help in changing your life, give me a call. As your Life Coach I can help you create the life you love.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogstop.com
"You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will change to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working." Emmet Fox
The thought that my life, my happiness, my health is dependent on what is going on inside, not what is happening outside is challenging to understand. So many of us think, feel, and act like we are simply victims I don't ask for bad things to happen to me. I don't want to worry. I don't want to have bad health. I don't want to have money problems. I am not bringing these things to myself.
As I read more books about "The Law of Attraction, " I am working on realizing that I do have the power to create my life. If I can replace my negative thoughts and feelings and replace them with positive thoughts and feeling I can change my life. Is this easy? If I think it is easy, it will be. If I think it is hard, it will be.
Everything is just a thought, and the more I concentrate and focus on that thought the more I bring it into my life. As Stephen Covey explains we have the SEE-DO-GET model. How I see the world, my paradigm, creates what I do, my behavior, which leads to what I get, my results. My model is more, SEE-FEEL-DO-GET. How if see the world, my paradigm, creates how I feel, my emotions, which creates what I do, my behavior, which leads to what I get, my results.
So going back to Emmet Fox's quote, to create the life I want, I need to work on myself and change my thoughts and feeling, which will change my behavior (actions), which will change the results I get, which will change my life.
I am all for this. What about YOU?
If you would like help in changing your life, give me a call. As your Life Coach I can help you create the life you love.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogstop.com
Sunday, August 03, 2008
It Was One of Those Nights- TEE HEE
This blog entry should take 2 minutes for fast readers, 3 minutes for medium fast readers, 5 minutes for slow readers, and really slow readers, I have no idea.
I had "One of Those Nights," last Friday where I thought later I should have gone directly home. It was like the Monopoly game where you have to go directly to jail without passing "Go." Well, I should have gone directly home without passing the shoe store. I had gone to buy some new shoes and of course there were no parking spaces around the show store. So I parked in a designated parking spot with a clear "No Parking, Tow-Away Zone."
My thinking was that, it is night, and no one cares, and I since I will be here a very short amount of time, I am sure it will be okay. Wrong thinking! I go into the store get my shoes and come out about ten minutes later and no car. I was stunned and thought perhaps I had parked somewhere else so I went walking around, but no car.
So, I thought maybe I am just not seeing it. So after walking around in circles I walked about half way back, closed my eyes for about a minute and thought this is all a bad dream. I thought, when I walk back my car will be there, especially since I closed my eyes. So I walked back, but no car. What to do?
And since this "Was One of Those Nights," I had left my cell phone in my car. My next thought was even worse, "What if my car wasn't towed, but was stolen. Oh banish that thought." I saw a man dumping some garbage and asked him if he had seen a tow-truck. "Being One of Those Nights," he answered, "NO!" Now I was worried, I wasn't sure what "No," meant. Did it mean he didn't understand English, or did it mean he didn't see a tow-truck.
I walked in circles some more and realized I needed to memorize the number given and go back into the show store and call and see, if in fact, my car had been towed. So I thought I had memorized the number and went back in the store. I told the two young women in the store that I thought my car had been towed. They asked where I parked and after I told them they said they knew it had been towed.
It seems that a tow truck is right across the street looking for rule breakers like me. I tried calling the number but I had done as bad a job memorizing the number as I had obeying the sign and had to take a pen and piece of paper out to write it down.
Finally I called the number, and yes, they had my car. Now I had to get a taxi to take me there. Luckily there are a lot of taxis close to the shoe store. So I went outside and hailed a taxi which turned out to a car that sold subs. It looked like a taxi. The young man driving said this happened to him all the time.
So, I only had to wait for a couple of minutes for a REAL taxi and not a sub delivery car. When I got in the cab the cab driver said I needed $140 in cash, but not having $140 in cash he asked what bank I used. I told him Bank of America. He said, "Okay," and turned his cab around. As he was from Somalia, originally, we had a language barrier. He stopped on a corner, which confused me, as I didn't think there was a Bank of America ATM machine there. I got out of the car and walked three to four blocks to where I knew there was a ATM machine.
The whole time I was walking I couldn't figure out why he didn't park closer. When I got back to the cab, he said, "Why did you walk so far?" He than pointed to a ATM machine that was right outside the cab. I laughed and said that "I was an idiot." He apologized and we both laughed. I felt like an idiot, but knew it would make a great story, and after all "It Was One of Those Nights."
"It Was One of Those Nights," didn't end there. After getting my car and doing some other errands, I went to the Bank of America again to deposit a check. I drive into the ATM drive through and couldn't find my check. I spend twenty minutes looking for it before finding that it had fallen between the seats of my car.
After spending $140 to release my towed car I needed to find and deposit that check. Which I did.
So my gentle reader "It Was One of Those Nights."
Jana Ruth
Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
This blog entry should take 2 minutes for fast readers, 3 minutes for medium fast readers, 5 minutes for slow readers, and really slow readers, I have no idea.
I had "One of Those Nights," last Friday where I thought later I should have gone directly home. It was like the Monopoly game where you have to go directly to jail without passing "Go." Well, I should have gone directly home without passing the shoe store. I had gone to buy some new shoes and of course there were no parking spaces around the show store. So I parked in a designated parking spot with a clear "No Parking, Tow-Away Zone."
My thinking was that, it is night, and no one cares, and I since I will be here a very short amount of time, I am sure it will be okay. Wrong thinking! I go into the store get my shoes and come out about ten minutes later and no car. I was stunned and thought perhaps I had parked somewhere else so I went walking around, but no car.
So, I thought maybe I am just not seeing it. So after walking around in circles I walked about half way back, closed my eyes for about a minute and thought this is all a bad dream. I thought, when I walk back my car will be there, especially since I closed my eyes. So I walked back, but no car. What to do?
And since this "Was One of Those Nights," I had left my cell phone in my car. My next thought was even worse, "What if my car wasn't towed, but was stolen. Oh banish that thought." I saw a man dumping some garbage and asked him if he had seen a tow-truck. "Being One of Those Nights," he answered, "NO!" Now I was worried, I wasn't sure what "No," meant. Did it mean he didn't understand English, or did it mean he didn't see a tow-truck.
I walked in circles some more and realized I needed to memorize the number given and go back into the show store and call and see, if in fact, my car had been towed. So I thought I had memorized the number and went back in the store. I told the two young women in the store that I thought my car had been towed. They asked where I parked and after I told them they said they knew it had been towed.
It seems that a tow truck is right across the street looking for rule breakers like me. I tried calling the number but I had done as bad a job memorizing the number as I had obeying the sign and had to take a pen and piece of paper out to write it down.
Finally I called the number, and yes, they had my car. Now I had to get a taxi to take me there. Luckily there are a lot of taxis close to the shoe store. So I went outside and hailed a taxi which turned out to a car that sold subs. It looked like a taxi. The young man driving said this happened to him all the time.
So, I only had to wait for a couple of minutes for a REAL taxi and not a sub delivery car. When I got in the cab the cab driver said I needed $140 in cash, but not having $140 in cash he asked what bank I used. I told him Bank of America. He said, "Okay," and turned his cab around. As he was from Somalia, originally, we had a language barrier. He stopped on a corner, which confused me, as I didn't think there was a Bank of America ATM machine there. I got out of the car and walked three to four blocks to where I knew there was a ATM machine.
The whole time I was walking I couldn't figure out why he didn't park closer. When I got back to the cab, he said, "Why did you walk so far?" He than pointed to a ATM machine that was right outside the cab. I laughed and said that "I was an idiot." He apologized and we both laughed. I felt like an idiot, but knew it would make a great story, and after all "It Was One of Those Nights."
"It Was One of Those Nights," didn't end there. After getting my car and doing some other errands, I went to the Bank of America again to deposit a check. I drive into the ATM drive through and couldn't find my check. I spend twenty minutes looking for it before finding that it had fallen between the seats of my car.
After spending $140 to release my towed car I needed to find and deposit that check. Which I did.
So my gentle reader "It Was One of Those Nights."
Jana Ruth
Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Importance of Humor
The good news is that a University of Chicago study shows that a sense of humor can add an additional 8 years to your life. It does this because humor produces laughter and laughter produces positive effects on your physical, mental and emotional well-being. So not only will you live longer but you will also increase the quality and enjoyment of you life by having a great sense of humor.
So what are some ways of increasing your sense of humor and ability to laugh? Below I have listed some way of doing just that:
1. Be less serious. Look for things to laugh at. As Oscar Wilde said: "Life is too important to take seriously."
2. Laugh a minimum of 20 times a day. Good news body doesn't know difference between real and fake laugh. So if nothing else, just say "Tee Hee," and give a fake laugh.
3. Get a laughter partner.
4. Stop watching the news first thing in the morning and night. Read something humorous.
5. When you make mistakes put your hands above your head and say: "YIPPEE! How fascinating."
6. Be gentle and nice and love yourself.
As Woody Allen said, "Enjoy Life, as You Won't Get Out of It Alive Anyway."
Now that is something to write and think about.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
http://www.janaruth.biz/
http://www.laughandlivehappier.com/
http://www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com/
The good news is that a University of Chicago study shows that a sense of humor can add an additional 8 years to your life. It does this because humor produces laughter and laughter produces positive effects on your physical, mental and emotional well-being. So not only will you live longer but you will also increase the quality and enjoyment of you life by having a great sense of humor.
So what are some ways of increasing your sense of humor and ability to laugh? Below I have listed some way of doing just that:
1. Be less serious. Look for things to laugh at. As Oscar Wilde said: "Life is too important to take seriously."
2. Laugh a minimum of 20 times a day. Good news body doesn't know difference between real and fake laugh. So if nothing else, just say "Tee Hee," and give a fake laugh.
3. Get a laughter partner.
4. Stop watching the news first thing in the morning and night. Read something humorous.
5. When you make mistakes put your hands above your head and say: "YIPPEE! How fascinating."
6. Be gentle and nice and love yourself.
As Woody Allen said, "Enjoy Life, as You Won't Get Out of It Alive Anyway."
Now that is something to write and think about.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
http://www.janaruth.biz/
http://www.laughandlivehappier.com/
http://www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com/
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Sometimes We Ask Dumb and Stupid Questions
We sometimes ask each other other dumb and stupid questions or obvious questions. My daughter, has a tendency to do this. I will be in the bathroom taking a bath, and she knows that I am, but she will still ask, "Mom are you in bathroom taking a bath?" And, I answer, "No, actually I am on the roof eating a pizza." She says, "Mom, don't be rude," and I say, "Don't ask such a dumb question."
Or I am waiting for an elevator at work and someone will ask, "Are you waiting for the elevator?" "No," I answer, "I am just looking at the door, it is my day to do that." The person says, "Well, you don't have to be so rude." I say, "Well, you don't have to be so stupid."
Now I don't want you to think that I am exempt from asking dumb and stupid questions, because I am not. Living in Arizona, especially this time of year, I ask people, "Is the weather hot enough for you? That is a stupid question, considering that it is 115 degrees. What is funny, is many times, the person answers, "Well, at least it is a dry heat."As if that matters at 115.
Sometimes we, also, ask people what mood they are in when it shows on their face. For instance, your friend is obviously in a great mood, and you say, "Are you in a good mood?" Or your friend is in a bad mood, and you say, "Are you in a bad mood?" It is obvious so why do we ask?
So why do we ask dumb or stupid questions? I don't know. That is too smart a question for me.
Jana Ruth
Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Live
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
We sometimes ask each other other dumb and stupid questions or obvious questions. My daughter, has a tendency to do this. I will be in the bathroom taking a bath, and she knows that I am, but she will still ask, "Mom are you in bathroom taking a bath?" And, I answer, "No, actually I am on the roof eating a pizza." She says, "Mom, don't be rude," and I say, "Don't ask such a dumb question."
Or I am waiting for an elevator at work and someone will ask, "Are you waiting for the elevator?" "No," I answer, "I am just looking at the door, it is my day to do that." The person says, "Well, you don't have to be so rude." I say, "Well, you don't have to be so stupid."
Now I don't want you to think that I am exempt from asking dumb and stupid questions, because I am not. Living in Arizona, especially this time of year, I ask people, "Is the weather hot enough for you? That is a stupid question, considering that it is 115 degrees. What is funny, is many times, the person answers, "Well, at least it is a dry heat."As if that matters at 115.
Sometimes we, also, ask people what mood they are in when it shows on their face. For instance, your friend is obviously in a great mood, and you say, "Are you in a good mood?" Or your friend is in a bad mood, and you say, "Are you in a bad mood?" It is obvious so why do we ask?
So why do we ask dumb or stupid questions? I don't know. That is too smart a question for me.
Jana Ruth
Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Live
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 28, 2008
George Carlin Loved to Play With Words
George Carlin (May 12, 1937- June 22, 2008) loved words and played with them wonderfully. As a recovering stand-up comedian and humorist I loved George Carlin. I was lucky enough to see him perform live in the 1970's and very much appreciated how he transformed himself. He went from a comedian similar to Bob Hope, none connected one liners. He wore a suit and tie and had short hair. Influenced with the death of Lenny Bruce in the 1960's he took a break from comedy and found his voice. When he came back to comedy he had a beard and long hair and was very hip.
Below are examples of George Carlin and his love of words:
"I love words," it begins. "They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion. Words are all we have, really."
“We have more words to describe dirty words than we actually have dirty words. They call them bad words, dirty, filthy, foul, vile, vulgar, course, in poor taste, unseemly, street talk, gutter talk, locker room language, barracks talk, bawdy, naughty, saucy, raunchy, rude, crude, lewd, lascivious, indecent, profane, obscene, blue, off-color, risqué, suggestive, cursin’, cussin’, swearin’ …”
"TV is full of sex humor. Television shows are constantly referring to it, he said. Entire plots and games shows are based on sex, and yet the word F*** can’t be said on television."
“Sometime during my life toilet paper became bathroom tissue ...” He observed. “Poor people used to live in slums, now the economically disadvantaged occupy substandard housing in the inner cities."
“They’re broke! They don’t have a negative cash flow position. They’re f***** broke! Because some of them were fired. You know, fired? Management wanted to curtail redundancies in the HR area so many people are no longer viable members of the work force."
“Smug, greedy, well-fed white people have invented a language to conceal its sins.”
“Thou shall always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nooky; and I shall try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you pray to.”
“The one I do resist is when they look at an old guy and they say, ‘Look at him, he’s 90-years-young. Imagine the fear of aging that reveals to not even be able to use the word ‘old’ to describe someone, to have to use the antonym."
“And fear of aging is natural. It’s universal. We all have that. No one wants to get old, no one wants to die, but we do—so we bullshit ourselves. I started bullshitting myself when I got to my 40s. As soon as I was in my 40s I would look in the mirror and say, ‘Well, I guess I’m getting … older.’ Older sounds a little better than old, doesn’t it? Sounds like it might even last a little bit longer. Bullshit! I’m getting old. And it’s OK, because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won’t have to die … I’ll pass away.”
So George Carlin has passed away, no as he prefers it George Carlin has died and he will no longer be able to play with the words he loves. And I already miss him and his play with words.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.com
George Carlin (May 12, 1937- June 22, 2008) loved words and played with them wonderfully. As a recovering stand-up comedian and humorist I loved George Carlin. I was lucky enough to see him perform live in the 1970's and very much appreciated how he transformed himself. He went from a comedian similar to Bob Hope, none connected one liners. He wore a suit and tie and had short hair. Influenced with the death of Lenny Bruce in the 1960's he took a break from comedy and found his voice. When he came back to comedy he had a beard and long hair and was very hip.
Below are examples of George Carlin and his love of words:
"I love words," it begins. "They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion. Words are all we have, really."
“We have more words to describe dirty words than we actually have dirty words. They call them bad words, dirty, filthy, foul, vile, vulgar, course, in poor taste, unseemly, street talk, gutter talk, locker room language, barracks talk, bawdy, naughty, saucy, raunchy, rude, crude, lewd, lascivious, indecent, profane, obscene, blue, off-color, risqué, suggestive, cursin’, cussin’, swearin’ …”
"TV is full of sex humor. Television shows are constantly referring to it, he said. Entire plots and games shows are based on sex, and yet the word F*** can’t be said on television."
“Sometime during my life toilet paper became bathroom tissue ...” He observed. “Poor people used to live in slums, now the economically disadvantaged occupy substandard housing in the inner cities."
“They’re broke! They don’t have a negative cash flow position. They’re f***** broke! Because some of them were fired. You know, fired? Management wanted to curtail redundancies in the HR area so many people are no longer viable members of the work force."
“Smug, greedy, well-fed white people have invented a language to conceal its sins.”
“Thou shall always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nooky; and I shall try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you pray to.”
“The one I do resist is when they look at an old guy and they say, ‘Look at him, he’s 90-years-young. Imagine the fear of aging that reveals to not even be able to use the word ‘old’ to describe someone, to have to use the antonym."
“And fear of aging is natural. It’s universal. We all have that. No one wants to get old, no one wants to die, but we do—so we bullshit ourselves. I started bullshitting myself when I got to my 40s. As soon as I was in my 40s I would look in the mirror and say, ‘Well, I guess I’m getting … older.’ Older sounds a little better than old, doesn’t it? Sounds like it might even last a little bit longer. Bullshit! I’m getting old. And it’s OK, because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won’t have to die … I’ll pass away.”
So George Carlin has passed away, no as he prefers it George Carlin has died and he will no longer be able to play with the words he loves. And I already miss him and his play with words.
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.com
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