I get to write.
words upon words.
and have a professional read them.
nerves take over.
but growth is welcomed.
Here is a persuasive essay.
its a piece of my heart.
laughter is apart of me.
its tattooed on me.
its something that helps me get through life.
enjoy.
“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive.”
~ Bill Cosby
Laughing is better than Crying.
Emotions come individually or all at once. It is how we confront, accept and deal with them that shapes us into who we are and allows us to wake up to take on what tomorrow has for us. We can choose to look at a hopeless or confusing situation and laugh, realizing its just another bump in the road to get over. Or we can let them bring us to the depths of our heart and pull out sadness and frustration that can radiate into other distant areas in our lives. Laughing is a natural way to release what you are holding onto without even realizing your grip is slowly loosening. Shedding tears is a natural way to realize how something has taken root in your soul and is shaping you through those seasons of crying. After tears, usually comes laughter, right? So maybe we need to just skip the tears and begin making laughter contagious for our souls.
Laughter is that deep, belly jolting happiness when you’re surrounded by those who you love. The high pitch giggle of babies that is music to your ears, its contagious melody that takes over your body. School girls gabbing in a circle over what “he” said to her. A deep, crackling rumble from a table surrounded by friends who have decades of memories together. Mothers with strollers in hand at the park, hooting and hollering over what their toddlers said at the dinner table last night. A chuckle from a the man sitting at the table next to you, engulfed in his own world while reading the latest headline in the newspaper.
It’s in those moments of confusion as to why you are laughing, that something is released. A sense of relief in taking that moment to look at yourself and see the that the world around you is really not all so serious. You don’t need a reason to laugh, but through that moment of unrelenting laughter you think of something that actually is funny and it keeps you going. It allows you to take a break, a moment, a pause from reality to look back on all you have gone through. All you have accomplished. Good or bad. Easy or exhaustingly hard. The times where you feel so drained you don’t think you can take one more blow. But then someone cracks a joke. You may get it right away, and that giddiness starts to creep up from your stomach, that feeling of a wave rushing over you and before you know it your laughter is consuming you. Erasing all the fear and grief for that freeze frame of time to just enjoy the feeling of not being in control.
For some, jokes take a while to sink in. You get that confusing, puzzled look while everyone around you who does get it is showing you through their stretched out faces and shaking bodies. But then wait, you think, start to connect dots, make lines and boom. You are joining them, even extending that precious moment of complete freedom to everyone else as they join in after realizing that you now just figured the wittiness and root of the phrase.
Laughing uses your whole being. Your whole mind, body and spirit. It shapes your outlook on life. It takes tension from those areas where you hold it, where you pile stress upon stress until you can’t move anymore from being buried from all that life throws at you. Your schedule builds up, days consume you, time seems to go by so quickly. Before you know it your in bed, exhausted and ready to turn your mind off. Some maybe even dreading seeing the sun tomorrow, realizing all the demands that are just there waiting for when they wake up. Take that sweet split second moment between letting out your “ahhh” after sinking into your bed and being consumed by your comforter and closing your eyes drifting off into the dreams of your imagination. Think over the day. Look hard, real deep into the moments of the day that is behind you. Don’t let them pass by unnoticed. Find it and let out a laugh. Alone or with the person next to you, with your roommate or with your dog. Laugh. Just let it out and release it into the atmosphere. Let it fling you into the plans of tomorrow, preparing you for the tasks ahead. Remind yourself that anything could happen. Let the laughter of your life today take you into the unknowns of your life tomorrow.
Laugh at the stupid things you have done. Laugh at the things you had no idea of what you were doing. Laugh at yourself. Laugh with others. Laugh in the silence. Laugh through the noise. Laugh through tears. Laugh through trials. Laugh through projects. Laugh between moments. Laugh into negativity. Laugh while others are staring at you. Laugh between sips, spoonfuls and bursts of flavor. Laugh at typos. Laugh at misunderstandings. Laugh for courage. Laugh for strength. Laugh to see your growth.
Release it and let it go. Allow it to be a disease that consumes you. That takes a hold of you deep down in your heart. Let it flow out of you gifting others with the comfort of laughing at their own mistakes. Breaking the tension in the air. Letting those around you know its okay to be vulnerable through laughing at your imperfection.
We all know the saying, “ laughter is the best medicine.” Sometimes it’s hard to accept those impossible mountains that are placed before us, calling us to climb up and overcome by making it to the peak. During those moments of doubt, exhaustion and weakness. Allow laughing to be your medicine. Take it and feel it spread throughout your body. Into every area of your life, of your desires, of your mountains and valleys. Allow your body a rest from fighting life’s battles. Taking it in doses, sometimes over dosing on certain days. It’s the only medicine that is okay to take in large quantities, that is encouraged to be increase daily. When your feeling down in the dumps, when you can not seem to get rid of that grey cloud that is stocking your every move, surround yourself with people who will allow you to pause for that moment and be encouraged to stop the rain and get a peak of the rays that the sun gifts us with. Allow the warmth of laughter to radiate your soul and blur your vision of futures tasks.
Take that dose, forget in that moment life’s challenges. I dare you. Laugh just a little more. Enjoy taking a break from the demands of perfection. Release burdens with your best friend. Create a lifelong memory with those you love. At the end of tears comes laughter. Embrace it. Take pride in laughing at your mistakes. Encourage each other to live a life filled with giggles. Todays laughter reduces the dreading “to-do” list of tomorrow. I challenge you. To laugh tomorrow. Start out with just one laugh attack. While you’re in your car on your way to work, singing in the shower or having a conversation with a two year old. Laugh. See where it takes you. Soon you might be surprised that life isn’t really all that bad.
In Christ's Love
Emily Elizabeth
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