Friday, December 19, 2008 @5:54 PM
The art of being happy involves being able to laugh at difficulties as soon as possible after they happen. One person, involves in the above situation, would resist laughing for two years. Another may decide that after two weeks it is time to stop crying & start laughing. Therefore, the first person gets to stay miserable got fifty times longer than the other one. & HE CHOSE TO.
We all suffer misfortunes. HAPPY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO AVOID WAITING TOO LONG TO SEE THE FUNNY SIDE OF THEIR DISAPPOINTMENTS.
Periodically, let us remind ourselves that we are human & that we will do stupid things. If you expect to be perfect you don't belong to this planet. Lets remember that our own troubles always seem much bigger to us than to anyone else. If no-one else is losing sleep, maybe we don;t need to either.
Children can teach us a lot about laughing. Happy youngsters will laugh at almost anything, naturally & unashamedly. They seem intuitively to know that a good belly laugh keeps them healthy & balanced. They come equipped with an insatiable thirst for joy & fun. It is a shame that by the time many reach adulthood this attitude has been replaced by one which says: " Life is all serious." Grown ups spend their time telling children hen not to giggle & when not to laugh - " Don't laugh in class, don't giggle at the dinner table" - until much of their natural spontaneity is gone.
One of our major responsibilities toward others is to enjoy ourselves! When we are having fun, we feel netter, we work better & people want to be around us.
Life is not THAT serious. Let's take humour more seriously.
team.