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NEWS and CONTEST
February 2002
"He who jokes, confesses."
THE HUMOR FOR YOUR HEALTH OFFICE MESSAGE
Hi Everyone! We at Humor for your Health trust that your Holiday season has gone exactly the way you had envisioned it. It was a busy time for us here at the Office and at the same time we did take a few days to unwind and enjoy the quiet time.
Thank you for all that supported our Agreement to send a portion of our earnings to United Way! We are sure they will appreciate the donation. Thank you also for your nice messages and cards stating how much you enjoy the Guidebook, Facilitator's Kit and Website. There is much power in being Grateful!
As we start into the New Year our hope for you is that you take the time to really be conscious of your sense of humor and become aware of how humor really affects your health.
Enjoy your month, talk to you soon!
HUMOR CLUB CONTEST
Have a story to tell about how Humor or those subjects in the Humor for your Health Guidebook have really enhanced your life therefore affecting your health? Do you know of someone that this has happened to? Are you ready to make a difference in all our lives by sharing part of yours? We invite you to write in that great story! We will each month pick the most inspiring story and send you an Autographed 'Humor for your Health Guidebook'. In January 2003 we will award a 2002 Grand Prize winner to receive a Live 75 Minute Keynote speech from Dan about the "Humor for your Health" Message. All stories chosen will be reproduced and appear in this section (edited where necessary.) Please see official rules for more information. All rights reserved. Please continue to email us at humorclubcontest@humorforyourhealth.com or write in to us @ Humor Club Contest, Suite 470-300-8120 Beddington Blvd. N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3K 2A8 your great experiences! Please remember to read the rules and give us all your information in case we pick your story! You may view our other story winners through our archives section.
HUMOR CLUB CONTEST WINNER
F. Pengard of Nova Scotia has been awarded the 75 minute Humor for your Health Live Presentation! Here is what F. Pengard wrote:
I had to email to share a bit of peace I feel now that I read a part in your Guidebook in the Surviving Chapter. Instead of just reading it, I got it. I never thought that humor and death really had any relation. Here is what I read:
'The greatest tribute to one who has passed on is that the sound of their name and the crackling of a smile are one and the same.'
Thank you for those words as I have shifted ever so slightly from feeling the lost, to celebrating this person. I am starting to remember the good times we had and keeping that as my focus.
I also want to send love out to those that lost loved ones on September 11th. It is my hope that they will celebrate the time they had with the ones that are no longer with them.
A HUMOR STYLE 'THANK YOU' TO OUR NEW CLIENTS
OUR VIEW
Our view this month is on the many forms and terms of Jokes. It is funny how jokes are really more serious than you may think. Note this quote:
Anyone can tell jokes; they are just funny ways of telling the truth. Think about that the next time you hear a joke or hear someone say, 'just kidding.'
Jokes were one of the first accepted styles of Political commentary. Have you ever watched Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live or even some of the sitcoms to see the style of jokes told? Most structured jokes share two common elements: a Set-up and a Punchline.
What I like about this Chapter on Jokes is that there is an abundance of information on jokes from the Labels used when telling jokes to the Keys to telling jokes. There is even an Experience at the end that assists you in putting a small 2-5 minute joke routine together!
Jokes are known to break the ice or as I have been told – always know a good joke; you never know where it may come in handy!
'Jokes' is the 6th Chapter in the Humor for your Health Guidebook.
We have added this section as a means of keeping it REAL with HUMOR! In this section we will advise you on the benefits of PLAY and some ways to PLAY! We welcome your input on the ways you PLAY at info@humorforyourhealth.com.
BENEFIT – play breeds your creativity, spontaneity, invention and originality.
ONE SUGGESTION ON HOW TO PLAY – do you recognize that when you play you feel freer and thus the energy flows more? So go PLAY!
CATH"S Mission Statement is to passionately lead our community to a greater awareness, appreciation and understanding of the benefits of healthy, healing humor. Membership is available through calling 1 877 486 6777 or in Calgary 403-730-0737. Any other information you request please email us at info@humorforyourhealth.com.
We invite you to do your own Humor Evaluation at www.humorforyourhealth.com/humor_articles.html. Find the Sense of Humor Evaluation to give you a view of Humor.
Every month we will share a Humor Skill. They are posted under the 'Skills' Chapter in the Humor for your Health Guidebook with further explanation.
#10. Check your attitude.
The Humor for your Health Guidebook-Dan Gascon
The Humor for your Health Facilitator's Kit- Dan Gascon
Anatomy of an Illness-As perceived by the Patient–Norman Cousins
The Healing Power of Humor- Allen Klein
House Calls: How We Can All Heal the World One Visit at a Time- Patch Adams
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