LAUGH MORE

Life is so serious

People are so serious. Who can blame them? We live in a world with so much hatred, so much violence, so many reasons to be angry.

Road rage is prevalent, xenophobia rages, unrest, both politically and economically are the order of the day. But so are strokes, cancers, and other lifestyle diseases.

If we don’t all take a step back, and just allow life to have some beauty, and some calm, we will all implode.

So what is the solution? How do we go about this? The solution, is simple. Laugh more. Allow life to become silly again. Not so serious. Not so taxing.

Our debts will still be there in the morning. Our failed relationships, our real life problems. But we can allow ourselves just a brief moment of happiness. Of joy. Of laughter. Start off by smiling at a stranger. Just practice. Next time you are in a shop paying for your groceries, smile at the teller. Greet the gentleman assisting you with your petrol.

And you will find that your heart will get lighter and lighter day by day as you practice this.

Smiling is one thing, but how do you get yourself to laugh? Children never battle. They can laugh hysterically at the smallest thing. So find yourself a child. One of your own. A niece, a nephew. Ask them to tell you a joke. And then you try. Put on some good old fashioned Leon Schuster, and let him appeal to your South Africa humour. Practice. Try. Let it become a way of life for you again.

Life is so precious, and we only get one. Live it.