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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. Abraham Lincoln
If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago committed suicide. Mohandas Gandhi
A few days ago a good friend of mine, who had just read this blog for the first time, remarked how it was all so serious; that there was no humor. I looked back at the first 34 Thoughts and he was absolutely right. The Thoughts were all so serious. So, it got me thinking . . . seriously about humor. This is for you, Jack!
First, what is humor? Wikipedia (Wikipedia – a sign of the times) defines humor as “the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.” According to Lincoln and Gandhi (no doubt two great men and thinkers), we need humor to survive. We need to laugh in spite of hard times. In these turbulent times today, humor may be the only free entertainment available. For some it may be the only entertainment they can afford. It costs nothing and you can get it anywhere. You don’t have to drive to it. It is avaialable anywhere, anytime. So laugh, smile, be amused!
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt: its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Thomas Carlyle
Good humor isn’t a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice. David Seaburg
So where is this free stuff? Inside each and everyone of us. Look deep inside; it is part of our human fabric. You need to find it and practice each and every day. It’s all attitude. Smile. Laugh. Practice being humorous, at being happy.
Do you have a sense of humor? Wikipedia defines “a person with a sense of humor as people who can be amused.” Do you laugh, smile, allow yourself to be amused. Let’s hope so. If you don’t it is sad. We need humor in all lives. In all aspects of our lives . . . both in good times and especially bad times. Learn to laugh. Learn to smile. Learn to be humorous! Your life will be enriched the more you are humorous.
Thanks Jack for reminding me of this and I promise you, you will be see more humor in upcoming Thoughts. What do you think?
Humor is the other side of tragedy. Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest and earliest national resources which must be preserved at all costs. It came over on the Mayflower and we should have it, all of it. James Thurber
