This morning I read a post about autocorrect texts and I laughed so hard I cried. After the first ten I had to get up and get a tissue because I couldn’t see to read the rest of them. The further I read, the harder I laughed. It felt so good to laugh that hard and it got me to thinking about the last time I laughed that much. Now, I love to laugh and do it regularly, however, I don’t often have a sustained belly laugh. That belly laugh feels so good.
When was the last time you laughed so hard that you cried? We so often get caught up in the seriousness of our day-to-day life that we forget to just laugh. As I re-read that last sentence I almost changed it, but decided to comment on it instead. “The seriousness of our day-to-day life” is the part I want to comment on. Has your perspective become serious? Have you gotten caught up in frantically trying to get things done, meeting deadlines, or getting everyone to their respective meetings/dates? Have you forgotten to have fun and to notice those knee-slappingly funny moments? This week let yourself laugh. Find the funny in those moments that usually set you off.
One more story that happened yesterday. I was standing in line at my not to be named cable company waiting to exchange a product. I started chatting with the woman ahead of me in line and we were sharing stories (that’s always an Aliveness occurrence while waiting in line). I told her about how the previous day I had spent 2 hours on the phone with the rep trying to get something to work and had given the person my name and last 4 digits of my social. She linked me to my account. Then this morning I had a conversation with another rep and she informed me that I wasn’t authorized to make changes and that I wasn’t even on the account. The woman in line and I laughed about it and she said that she simply needed to pick up a new box and since she always was the one who did that she knew she was authorized to pick it up. As I was heading up to the counter my new inline friend came over to me with empty hands, shrugged her shoulders and said, “I’m not authorized” and we both laughed. Truth be told, I laughed so hard that I snorted, oops.
The reason I’m telling you this story is that laughter shifted the whole experience. We could both have been really upset by the ridiculousness of it, but instead we laughed and decided to fix the problem. When did you laugh about something rather than take the situation so seriously? How did it shift things? Have fun this week. Laugh long and prosper!
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