Made to Laugh

We were created to laugh as much as possible!

Sometimes things happen and in a split of a second, you have a choice to make on how you are going to handle it. You can get mad, sad, or you can choose to just laugh. Today I spilled my coffee all over my car's center counsel and I had a choice. Grayson was with me so instead of cursing like I wanted to do I just laughed. I couldn't change what just happened and I couldn't take the time to clean it up because I was driving so I just laughed. Did it burn my leg a little bit? Yes, it did. But by laughing, it made the situation better. Grayson told me it wasn't funny though and now our car smells like coffee.

I will never forget Jason & I were recently married and he had just undergone major surgery to fix his bowel obstruction. He had only been out of surgery for about two weeks at the time and I was super stressed out because with him out of commission a lot of things fell on me. This day he asked me to get his toolbox and apparently I grabbed the wrong one and he was frustrated with me. I got so mad I threw the toolbox on the ground and everything flew out of it. And Jason just started laughing. This was the first time he had seen me this mad and apparently when I get mad I'm funny. My sister used to say the same thing to me. But by him laughing it eased the tension and then I was laughing too. Then it got us talking about what we were really feeling.

When we laugh it just does something to our brain. Laughter through tears is my favorite. I'm reminded of that scene in Steel Magnolias where they are at the funeral and M'Lynn is crying and just yelling out her feelings that she wants to hit someone. Then Claree tells M'Lynn to hit Ouiser. Just sock her one. Then they all just bust up laughing. Laughter is the best medicine. We all need people in our lives that know to make us laugh when we need it the most. It's the best release of tension I know.

We all go through awful times and it really does depend on our attitudes and how we choose to act when those times happen. It sucks when we have to go through something awful and we just want to scream and hit something. We all have those days and those days are much needed, but it's the after those moments that make it worth it. It's the choice after those days to choose to stay positive and keep on laughing. It's the choice to keep on going even when all we want to do is sit on the couch and do nothing. It's the choice to call up a friend and tell them what you are feeling. Don't hold it in!!! Go somewhere and scream it out. Get outside and take a walk. Take those feeling and choose to make them better. We only get one life. Let's share it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly!!! We all have it!