The Road To Fun

I mentioned The Grateful Dead a couple of blogs ago. One of the things that struck me was that, despite the fact that they took there music very seriously, the stated intention was not to “build a legacy” or “change the world” or “write the best music ever” or anything grandiose like that.

The aim was simply to have some fun.

And that’s not the worst objective in the world. Nor is it necessarily incompatible with any more serious challenges or targets. It’s really just about saying that, whatever we do, let’s make sure, at the very least, we enjoy doing it.

This is a theme that I’m warming to more as I get older, especially speaking as somebody who took both themselves and life far too seriously in the past. In fact what has always saved me, I suspect, from disappearing up my own backside, is an ability to laugh at myself taking myself too seriously.

But, it seems to be the case that…when all is said and done….we’re on The Road To Fun. Anyway, that’s the road I’m on right now. Feel free to come and join me. :-)

- As chance would have it The Road To Fun is the title of this month’s release in my Fee Come’s Fourth series. Not a bad segue (that’s how “segway” is supposed to be spelt apparently), though I say so myself.