LAUGHTER.

Seems like I was drawn into a twisted plot to eliminate laughter from my life.  The strain to laugh hurt so much that I resolved myself to the frowns, the sullenness and the misery that comes when LAUGHTER is no longer a part of our lives.

That was the way it was...

What I have recently seen is laughing, cackling, smiling, falling out on the floor over the humor that comes from everyday life.  I've also found that this doesn't have to be anything programmed or sought after.  The laughter can come from the day around me, or as it has over the last couple of days, from Jimmy Fallon.

Jimmy, thank you for helping me to see how addictive laughter can be.  No, you aren't the reason my life is more full of this new alien thing they called 'laughter'.  But I have sat and watched you on YouTube and I find that I can appreciate the crazy antics even more.

When I get too full of the serious side, I need to remember the tears from laughing so hard it almost hurts.

When I get too sullen or removed from others, I need to remind myself that Laughter truly is addictive and it can permeate even the hardest moments with some levity.

When I find that I am sad, I need to know that it's ok to be sad, but that even those moments can be lightened, if even for just a second by the lift of the spirit that comes from Laughing out Loud!

Yes, we use the LOL so much that we might just forget that to use that might be more effective if we are actually SMILING, GIGGLING, SNORTING (yes, you know who you are, you snorters of the world!) and LAUGHING OUT LOUD at what life has to offer us!

Find humor in the everyday.  Find a Smile.

And LAUGH!