I miss laughter. Laughter that makes your sides hurt, takes away your breath, makes your cheeks tight. Laughter that makes you feel better.
I miss the old comedians. I loved Lucille Ball (remember her and Ethel working in the chocolate factory). I miss Tim Conway (remember the dentist scene, or the elephant snuffles). I miss watching Carol Burnett (who could forget the Miss Scarlet O’Hara scene when she came down the stairs in the green velvet curtains with the rod across her shoulders).
I miss good clean funny – fun laughter. Today’s comedians are often more social or political commentary than they are funny. Or their subject matter and language leaves much to be desired.
My brother and I grew up in a terribly dysfunctional home and humor (laughter) is what kept us as sane as we are. Humor got us through the tough times … still gets us through the tough times. I look at how I went from the “energizer bunny” at age 72 to the “struggling sloth” at (almost) age 75 and I just have to laugh. Laugh out loud even!
My favorite proverb is 17:22, “A merry heart does good like a medicine!”
I had that on my signature line when I worked at St. Luke’s and when I left, they gave me an engraved silver bookmark with that proverb. It is one of my treasured possessions.
Nature is designed to wear us down. The enemy wants to shut us down. Laughter (a merry heart) will lift our hearts and revive us.
Today I’m going to find some good old fashioned humor that makes my sides buckle with laughter. PTL
