The Real Low-Down Resume For a Laughter Coach Named A. Goodheart

A Fable.by courtesy of "West Wing"

A man is walking along the road & falls in a hole. He can't get out. A minister walks by

"Can I help you?"

"yes, help me get out!"

"Ok", so he writes a prayer & throws it down to the man."

A doctor comes by

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, help me get out"

"Ok, so he writes a prescription & throws it down the hole"

A friend comes by, asks

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, help me get out of here!"

"Ok" and he jumps in the hole with the man.

"Hey, why did you do that? Now we're both in the hole!"

"Yeah" says the friend, "but I've been here before & know how to get out."

SOME HOLES I'VE BEEN IN.by Annette Goodheart (a constantly growing list in no particular order)

• Creative blocks
• Messy divorce
• Sex abuse survivor
• Very fat woman in a very skinny society
• Very skinny woman in a formerly fat body
• Depressed
• Suicidal
• Alcoholic marriage
• Terrified
• Single mom-3 kids
• Self employed
• Bad Boss
• Aging (70's)
• Female
• Recovering intellectual
• Recovering serious person
• Started businesses
• Ended businesses
• Finding & creating low cost housing in the highest cost housing area in California
• Multiple romantic relationships
• Deaths of parents, sister, friends, pets
• Grandma
• 3 advanced degrees after kids
• Marriage
• Living in a mansion
• Living in a garage
• 15 years to write book
• No $
• Lots of $
• Multiple careers
• Mother-in-law (having & being one)
• Puberty
• Starting romances
• Ending romances
• Menopause
• House remodeling
• Success
• Failure
• Lots-a-surgeries
• Procrastination
• Multiple goofs
• Big-time mistakes
• Rejection
• Acceptance

Can I jump in the hole with you?