A secret that has been burning inside me and I sincerely would love to share it with anyone and everyone I meet. It is something which does not really require much effort and it is not rocket science. Futhermore it does not cost much at all. Then, what is it that I am rambling about. It simply is the willingness to laugh and have a good time. Laughing is the best medicine for the soul.
Mark Twain had a saying "The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter." This saying is so true, it orders to break a tension, and you just have to alter your tonality of speech, bearing in mind not to offend anyone. A person who in fact laughs all the way actually lasts. Have sometime to gather some of your very close friends and have an organized laughter session. The amazing part is that the fake laughter would blend in so well with the real laughter, that it would nourish the soul.
Voltaire had a saying that "God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." We are too concern of what others would think of us that we keep it to our self and not break the pain that consumes us and eats us alive. Laughter is probably the best release mechanism, just like our mouth is the release valve that extinguishes the hatred and pain and replaces it with a great feeling that makes us want to live each day with joy and passion.
Cat Stevens had a saying "I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry." It is important to realize that by changing our physiology, our human structure and posture that we can alter our presence of mind a ignite the fire of happiness. We all go through pain in our life. What does not break you makes you. I would like to share with you of a story I once heard about a guy who came across a caterpillar in a cocoon on its journey to transform into a beautiful butterfly. He was standing there admiring nature, looking at the beauty of the transformation process. Something that bugged him deeply was seeing the caterpillar struggle to come out of that cocoon. He felt extremely disturbed and sad. He decided to help the poor insect and end its misery of its struggle by using a stick to enlarge the hole so that the caterpillar could come out. The caterpillar slid out easily from the cocoon. To his horror, he realized his greatest mistake. The caterpillar was all shriveled up not able to move. What a mistake he made and came to the understanding that it was nature he was playing with. The caterpillar had to go through that process of forcing itself out of that tiny hole so as to inject the stream of fluid to its wings for it to fly. My intervening, the caterpillar does not have the strength in its wings to fly. His biggest lessons he learn that also applied to us. What does not break you makes you. All of us have to go through the struggle of life to makes us stronger arming us with the vital experience of handling the journey of life. Any tough situation only calls us to laugh out loud that we are being equipped with more experience to face life. Life is good and Life is great.
I would like to close off by saying this quote from Alan alda "Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory."My brothers and sisters out there laughter is actually the trigger and the spark of our soul.
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