Bursting Into Laughter

Friends laughing together

When I laugh, my outlook gets brighter
The weight on my shoulders gets lighter.
Poss-i-bil-ity,
Is clearer to me.
My efforts can simply seem "righter.”

When did you last crack yourself up?

I just wrote a title for what I am feeling,
Melancholy.
Pausing to look at words on screen.
Rather than "Noting the Melancholy,"
I see I had written, "Snorting the Melancholy.”

Hilarious! I burst into laughter.
Guess what?
Laughter lifted some of the mental drag.
Something so small—
A big laugh—
Brighter outlook.

I list "Finding Humor in the Hard Stuff"
As one of my Five Shifts.
So this isn't news,
But I forget.

Yesterday we attended a funeral.
Actually a very positive life celebration,
Still, sad at this loss. 

In the closing words,
Minister told us 2 or 3 "groaner" jokes.

Suddenly there were 200 people
Laughing together.
I left the event feeling
Brighter and Lighter.

I don't know a
"How To"
For conjuring this.
It's pretty hard to laugh at
Joke you've told yourself.

While we are thinking up what
Could seem funny,
Remember that seeing
Humor in the Hard Stuff,
Really does lighten the load.

Often it's after the fact.

Really, in the moment
Walking in bike shoes,
One shoe getting so stuck
That you find yourself
Stepping forward, sock-footed
Into sticky muck.
Not funny at the time.

Hilarious in hindsight.
There you were …

May we  laugh, giggle, smile.
It lightens the "heavy.”

Hugs,
Lin