Whatz So Funny?

Smiling, giggling and laughing is contagious.
I know...
Have you ever tried NOT to smile or laugh when others are doing so?
As a child my cousin, Yvonne, and I used to play the game...’Bet I can make you laugh!”
Being stoic is hard.....or near to impossible when a laugh challenge is issued.
I know. I always lost!
Again, I have memories of certain people whose laughter was so much fun just to hear..... It seemed to come from deep down and burst forth spontaneously with sheer delight and joy. It could be ‘felt’ by others.
My Aunt Evie, Aunt Belle and Uncle Jessie were three people that I just loved to hear their laughter. I could pick them out in a crowd.
But, alas, I do believe that we have gotten so prim, proper, civilized and.....stoic that laughter is a ‘forgotten art’.
I challenge you......listen closely.....can you hear it....can you feel it....is it still alive within you?
Emotions felt and expressed healthily are balance and stability to the soul. Laughter given full reign will loosen the stress,
strain and pressure of a stoic and serious existence....
I received a child like card recently that was called......

Rules For Riding Rainbows

1...let your inner child come out to play.
2...grab the reins of a new risk.
3...hold on, but not too tight.
4...follow a whim wherever it leads.
5...do something silly when nobody is watching.
6...do something WILD with ALL the world watching.
7...go on a miracle hunt.
8...pour some color into someone’s dreary corner.
9...it’s o.k. to laugh or cry or even scream when
you’re riding your rainbow.
10.Laugh....AT.....Yourself! Just Look in the Mirror!
Have you ever Seen any other face
That looked like That?
11.BE YOURSELF!...No two human beings have made,
or ever will make, E X A C T L Y the same journey in life....
12..Enjoy Yours......Daily! Let no day go by in which
you have not.....Laughed!