Some of the most important moments of our lives are not the times we succeed at some thing we have worked hard to achieve. Rather, they are those instances we rarely give notice but interrupt our everyday struggles to sustain our personas, to smile, better yet laugh, at things which strike us as being funny.
Even with myself, every so often I have to loosen my stiffened face. I have to slap that hard serious look which seems to petrify my countenance and crack it open with a wide grin. I and you and they and we, have to take a time out every once in a while from the seriousness of life. For example, I am sure many critics of the English language are grimacing over my grammatical use of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns in the previous same sentence. Right now I don't care and I am sure most readers don't either. We all have to loosen up a little.
We all have those mornings when we awaken and instead of wanting to jump out of bed, we think about leaping off a cliff. Sometimes we would prefer to swim in a frenzy of sharks, than tackle the world outside our dwelling place. Our lives are filled with so much mess some of us drop to our knees and fall into a Shakespearean “Woe is me!” syndrome.
I don't know about you, but I have to fly out of the bed. Though I may have a sheet wrapped around my neck; it not a cape. I am not superman. I choose to suddenly hop out of bed to escape the clutches of the invisible depression monster which tries to keep me entrapped underneath the blanket. I sometimes laugh at myself; you know at the stupid things all of us do. I slip and fall while trying to walk over ice. After I make sure my behind is still intact and I haven't left a piece of my brain on the ground, I laugh at the klutz whom just fell. I also smile when I hear little children say things which make no sense at all to me, but to them it makes perfect sense… Then there are those times when I get around people I don't know and never had the acquaintance, for example when I'm waiting at a doctor or dentist office and these people whom are also waiting begin to tell me their tales of fancy about what the doctor or dentist did to them the last time they made an appointment. After they're finished telling their stories I will smile while some of the other patients quietly walk out and leave.
If however it is difficult to find something to draw your smile, perhaps one of the best things you can do is to go to a nearby zoo or walk to where a crowd of people linger. Once there at either place, lift up your head and look around awhile at the life before you. It's almost guaranteed you will find something to smile about or tickle you to laughter; there's always an ape monkeying around. Life forms including people are funny, especially children. You might see almost any thing which can bring out a chuckle from within you. From the way people walk or talk, how they react to others and their gestures, the way they act and the things they do, out of these you will see activities you can find a smile or more.
This is not about making fun of animals or people, but instead finding the humor which animals and people normally exhibit and unwittingly display each day. Don't be surprised while you're drawing humor from what you see from others, someone maybe laughing at you. If hanging out in public places doesn't work for you, then search out people who have a gift or make a career of making you laugh. Seek out people who are funny or better yet a comedian. There are plenty of slapstick technicians around.
Cherish comedians for what they accomplish; they are a precious commodity, even if they spend most of their time ridiculing you. Think of what your world would be like without them. I shun the thoughts of an Orwellian Society, when the chieftains of society control the way we live or if we can smile.
A smile reflects the wellness of your heart. I wish your heart to be healthy. Laugh on me.
