Laughing at Life

Maybe I’m just one of those people that is wired to laugh at life, or maybe I’ve chosen to.  I don’t know, but to me, life is more funny than devastating.  Yeah, we all have our problems, but finding humor in the midst of them sure makes the down times go by faster.   After all, everything including life, is temporary so why stress over it? 

I remember when I was a teenager, there was this show called Homefront which I think starred Kyle Chandler ( I thought he ROCKED!).  The theme song was that one that says, “You’ve got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative and latch on to the affirmative and don’t mess with Mr. In-between.“  Such a cool perspective, huh?  Apparently, it impacted me because I still remember it all these years later.  Another great song that influenced my attitude was ”Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don’t take it serious, life’s too mysterious.  You work, you save, you worry so, but you can’t take it all when you go.  Life is just a bowl of cherries, so live and laugh at it all.”  That was the song of some commercial years and years ago.  lol see what the media has done to me!?  Something positive for once!

So, when I’m going through a particularly bad time, I think about these lyrics and remind myself that though what I feel is very real, it too will pass.  It helps to keep things in perspective.  It also helps to have good friends and family around to make you laugh.  If you don’t have funny friends, you could always watch something like the Soup or the Best Week Ever.  You just can’t stay bummed out after watching those!!  Or think about the time you weren’t paying attention and walked right into the telephone pole and leveled yourself.  Or the time you had toilet paper stuck to the bottom of your shoe and never noticed until that important meeting was over.  Or the time you went to work with two different colored shoes because you go dressed in the dark.  It can’t be just me?!!!

So, here’s my advice.  Don’t sweat the small things in life.  I doubt 25 years after your death, you’ll be remembered as “the person who didn’t pay their taxes on time in July of 1983.”  Hopefully, your legacy will be something more positive like “the one who made a difference in the community” or “the one who always dared to try something new” or ”the one who enjoyed life to the fullest.” 

Lucky you! You get to choose.