As fun as fun can be, as central as it can become to a healthy,
healing relationship, it is remarkably hard to take seriously.
Even though fun is the experience
that
binds,
the
purpose that
shapes, the phenomenon that leads into and out of body, most
organizations and institutions insist on pretending that fun
has nothing to
do with it. Even though, if they took it seriously enough, they
could heal themselves and probably the world.
Here is a suggestion: give each other a weekend devoted to fun
- to thinking about fun, practicing fun, expanding your abilities
to
create
and share
fun with each other.
In other
words, to playing a lot of games - fun, funny, loving games that
help you laugh and love each other - word games, walking around
games, "pointless" games in which nobody keeps score, where the
only point to playing is the loving fun we can give each other.
Play with each other, play with strangers and neighbors. Play
games that make you want to play lovingly. Games that are FUN,
gentle, touching, safe, freeing, and in some very real, very
unthreatening
way, intimate.
In between games, talk about the FUN
you shared, the FUN
you created for each other, the FUN
that truly made you feel free, CoLiberated.
And then, during the next game, see if you can bring each other
more FUN,
CoLiberate each other to some higher plane of FUN.
Play some more. Love some more.
