I got an e-mail today, which got me laughing. It wasn’t just a smile, it was out loud laughter. We tend to take life seriously so often, forgetting the lighter things of life. What was so funny about this e-mail was that it wasn’t a joke, but truly a realistic scene. As I responded to this e-mail, it reminded me of a time in my life. This brought more laughter. So often, we look at the serious issues in life. We forget how important laughter is. I showed my husband the e-mail I had received earlier In the day, and he, too, broke out into laughter. He had come into our living room a bit stressed from the day, but he couldn’t help but laugh, out loud, when he saw the e-mail.
I responded to this e-mail with a story of my own, which brought more laughter. How often do we forget to laugh, only looking at the serious things in life! I love to laugh: it is a great way to think about what is happening in the moment. I don’t intentionally plan a piece of humor, it just happens. It must be a gift from God, to enjoy the lighter part of life.
Others have asked me how I can laugh when my own health isn’t the best. I say it is a blessing from God. I love to laugh and I love to share a personal experience with others, which cannot help but bring laughter, My life is one of the unexpected. This has been true since junior high. It is great to greet what happens with a sense of humor. I remember sharing with someone I had hardly knew no more than a day, “You won’t believe what happened to me once..., “ she burst into laughter, saying she would believe anything I was about to say. It is a great approach to life; instead of saying ‘oh no…,’ you say, ‘oh, well…”
No, life isn’t always full of laughter. But, those little things in life can bring us a smile instead of a frown. We can only picture Christ, imagining His smile, rather than a frown, as we work through our tiny hurdles in life!
