Take Time to Laugh

There is nothing wrong with taking one's self too seriously. There are many times in life when we have to take a situation seriously, and we have to work through it. I refuse to take myself too seriously. I refuse to forget the delight of laughter, and I strive not to loose the simple wonder of being alive. I hope I never loose those things.

I have neither gift near as strongly as I had when I was a child. I have not lost it, but I do not seem to find so much to inspire that wonder as I once did. I miss when every blade of grass, every insect, and every cloud held a mystery to be puzzled out. I don't think it hurts any of us to pause and watch the world through the eyes of a child. They see things in their own way.

I have met many in my life who I think have forgotten the simple pleasures of life. Maybe they never knew them to begin with? These are the ones that walk around looking like they have sucked on a tospit all day. They have this sour, and disgruntled, expression about them. I've been known to look surly in my time, don't get me wrong! I simply do not make a habit of looking that way. These are the sorts of people that you begin to wonder if their face will break if they dare to so much as crack a smile. I never want to be one of those people. I would rather spend my time with people over shared laughter than to sit there and try to deliberately inflict hurt or pain on someone. I would rather spend my time in wonder of the most simple things life has to give us, than to find my self worth by the attempted humiliation of another.

People are as different as the blades of grass, this is true. How boring it would be were we all the same. I just simply cannot understand the decision to be miserable that some make. My mother always taught me that happiness is a choice. I have the choice to take delight in my life, even in the hard times, or I can choose to let the hardships overwhelm me. I have always walked the path of choosing the light over letting the shadows swallow me. This doesn't mean that I don't have my dark moments. It means I do not allow myself to become overwhelmed by those same moments.

I think we all need to just remember what it was like to make a silly face. We need to remember what it is like to laugh for no other reason than the sake of laughter. It is good for the soul.