BaFFLe Book of Good HUMOR - Chapter 1

Engagement is a prescription for participation in a lighter, brighter, and more beautiful Life; whether at home, at work, or at play!! It was on the hillsides of Coyote Ridge near Loveland, Colorado, that I first got inspired along these lines, by saying hi to, meeting, greeting, and getting to know my newest best friend Liu-da' Mee-la' from Irpin, Ukraine. It was from that initial encounter, supported by 57 years of previous Life experiences, that my Keyring of LIFE was starting to fill with the 7 KEYS to LIFE: Health, Healing, Hope, HUMOR, Happy, Harmony, and Hallelujah; the first 7 Chapters in my first and foremost book of little-stories, Bird Food for LIFE. If you, me, or anybody, actively engage in these 7 KEYS to LIFE, then our lives will be complete. These 7 KEYS encompass every aspect of LIFE and living, to include: the importance of movement, connection, conversation, Good HUMOR, health, healing, wealth, wisdom, and the other thing too; all said in a nutshell. Some people have said that I'm a little-bit NUTTY!! "That's ok, we just got Engaged in LIFE!!" Besides, NUTTS are good!!

Bird Food for LIFE's seven-part Harmony, Ukrainian inspired, recipe for Life, is similar; only said in a little-different fashion. If we Engage in these Seven Seeds of Life, our lives will be complete. Let's get started today by: walkin', talkin', laughin', livin', learnin', restin', and lovin'. Now, please take my hand and walk this way. .  .

Good HUMOR is a recipe for greater Life, living, loving, Learning, Happiness, Peace, and Joy!! Try it, you might like it!!

"Hello, Little-bird just noticed you sitting across the room and wanted to come over and say hi; he wants to tell you a little-joke or two if that would be ok?? so, would you like to hear a Bird-joke, a BROOM-joke, or a COKE-joke?? Ok, good enough, the Bird-joke goes something like this. Did you hear that pretty little-birds are drinking coffee nowadays?? Yeah, oftentimes you'll see them milling around the parking lot at McDonald's, Starbucks, Wendy's, and even Burger King, in the early morning hours looking for a cup of Coffee. It was up in Libby, MONTANA, that I first noticed it, but yeah, once the sun comes up, the pavement warms, and the light gets turned on in the drive-thru, they'll jump right up on that little ledge and peck peck peck on the window. Typically, it's a young lady that comes to the window; "oh, hi little-bird, you're back??" of course I'm back, I wants my cup of Coffee!! "Ok, how do you want your Coffee??" I'll have the usual, you know; just a little cup of Coffee, served HOT, Black, and with just a Dash of TWEETNER!!

The BROOM joke is similar, only different; it goes something like this; there were these two BROOMs standing in a dark closet one day, and the little-BROOM, the lady-BROOM, she leaned over to the man-BROOM and said "I think we're going to have a little baby whisker-BROOM together!!" Now, the man-BROOM was taken aback by such an astonishing statement as that, he had never even considered that such a thing could ever happen; here he had been standing there in that dark, dark closet for a long, long time, and innocently enough, but never had a thought ever crossed his mind that such a thing could ever happen. "Now, I do love you my dear, you are so beautiful, so sleek and so slender, you've been standing here in this dark, dark closet with me for all these years; you are so beautiful, you've been so faithful and true for all these years, and I do love you, I do!! But I'm beginning to wonder if you might be going a little bit CRAZY because we haven't even SWEPT together yet!!

The COKE joke is similar, only different; it goes something like this; I had been working with a nice young man in Physical Therapy some time ago, over in Timbuktu; now, he had progressed nicely through his PT program, he had basically met all of his goals and I wanted to encourage him to keep going with what he had learned in PT. I brought up the idea of possibly joining a local gym, like maybe Planet Fitness, so that he could continue on with the progress that he had made in PT, for his long-term health and wellness. "I don't know, I don't much like big crowds of people, I've never joined a gym before, and at COKE we have a joke; the joke at COKE is that when you work for COKE, you never have to join a gym because they work you so hard: lifting cases of COKE, stocking coolers, filling stores, loading and unloading trucks, etc." I consented and wished him well, but still, I encouraged him to consider the possibility. Now, the Real Joke at COKE is this; pretty little-birds all around town are now drinking COKE!! Did you know that?? Yeah, you might have noticed all the little-birds milling around the parking lots at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, and even Taco Bell; especially around noontime when the sun is high in the sky, the pavement gets warm, and you'll see them out there looking for a cup of COKE, they love COKE!! What they'll do is jump up on the To-go window ledge and rap on the window "peck, peck, peck!!" The little-lady opens the window, "little-bird, you're back, what can I do for you??" "It's noontime, the sun is high, my feet are HOT, I'm thirsty, and I wants my cup of COKE!!" Ok, how do you want your COKE today?? "I'll take my usual; just a little cup of COKE with lots of ice and a straw, so that I can sip and dip!!" Ok. Do you want The Real Thing, or do you want a Diet COKE?? "You know me, I wants The Real Thing, I don't want no more of those Artificial TWEETNERS!!"

Good HUMOR is for everybody; it's better than a bowl of ice cream and more inspiring than Oprah Winfrey!! Taste it, like it, share it, and abide by it!! Live a little, laugh a lot, rise above, and love a bunch!!

The BaFFLe book of Good HUMOR will be coming to a bookstore near you soon.