Some people try to live "the way of Faust", or something along the same lines. Others try to live "the way of Pharisees" or something along those lines.
Been there, done that, both ways. If you can believe it, there is a way that is more fun...
"Let the wicked man leave his way
And the evil man his thoughts;
Let him return to Jehovah, who will have mercy on him,
To our God, for he will forgive in a large way.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
And your ways are not my ways,” declares Jehovah.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So my ways are higher than your ways
And my thoughts than your thoughts."
The Pharisaical way the GB describes "love" and "pure worship" and "joy" leaves out a lot of the fun. The clean joy of being young at heart and goofy and just having fun together in innocence and peace. Jesus knew how to have fun. He wasn't a stuff-shirt. He hung out with fishermen and other every-day fun people.
"Lead me onto a rock that is higher than I am."
(Psalm 61:2)
The way to have "more fun" isn't to look down deeper into the pit of sordid behavior. It's also not to be all stuffy and sophisticated in fancy suits, banning beards and making rules about how to walk and how to talk and how to "count time". It's to recognize we're dust, be cool with it, enjoy being little, and look up to Jehovah, the Source of Love and Joyful Life...
"...make my joy full by being of the same mind and having the same love..."
(Philippians 2:2)
When the mud is wiped out of our eyes, the view is more than superabundantly beyond all we could ask or conceive. It's not boring. It's more than what was sacrificed to get it. The joy to come is more than the selfish pleasure we give up or more than the sophisticated facade we give up. It is beyond expectation and understanding. But we have to trust Him and be willing to "take the chance" by letting go of the dungy stuff and the stuffy stuff.
"Therefore, since we have these promises, beloved ones, let us cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you. For I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together. I have great freeness of speech toward you. I have great boasting in regard to you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction."
(2 Corinthians 7:1-4)
"Jesus said to him: “I am the way and the truth and the life."
(John 14:6)
Jesus is way more fun than anybody else who ever lived.