Laughter, the best Medicine

Life can at times seem so heavy. I often find myself exploring ways to make it feel lighter. Of course, I have also learned that some things cannot be made. You must let them happen. I am learning that vocally! The voice should be aloud to sing, freely and naturally. Not made or manufactured.

But getting back to original thoughts. The other day I had a friend over. We often get together for lunch or something fun and prayer. Always prayer! I have found it much needed in my life. I expressed to her that my spirit felt so heavy of recent days. That I felt joy inside, but not happiness. As we talked, I realized that joy is a knowledge based emotion centered on an object, while happiness is a feeling based emotion often centered on circumstances. Honestly that brought some relief to my spirit knowing that feelings are normal as long as we are resting in that perfect Object!

As we ended our time together, funny comments were made and I laughed. Then today as we chatted online, I laughed at the direction of our conversations. As I talked with my sister, the lightness and banter of the sentences typed caused a smile and a chuckle. What lightness I felt.

How laughter often affects our lives! I wish I did it more. But then, I guess it wouldn't mean as much if there weren't a time in our lives that we specifically remembered each moment of laughter and put it in our file of memory to pull on a rainy day.