Hello! Hi! Greetings!
It is another Monday…the last Monday of this month!
June has FLOWN by!
And Mother Nature has kicked us in the butt with the hot weather already.
And it isn’t even the DOG DAYS of Summer yet!
What the actual heck?!
GET.
A.
GRIP.
MOTHER.
NATURE.
GOSH.
Well, shall we get down to business?
With this week’s words for your eyes?
Do you have your Pina Colada ready?
Your Strawberry Daiquiri in hand?
Your beverage of choice during these hot Summer sun days.
Well, get cozy and chilled with your AC or fan and read on!
I have an important question for you:
When was the last time you laughed?
Like, truly laughed.
Laughter that felt so good it hurt your cheeks and made you cry?
Those are the BEST laughter moments.
And I can say that I had several of them last week.
And how glorious and happy it made me feel.
The below three quotes are also ones that I think of when I think of laughter.
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” – Mark Twain
“We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.” – William James
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
-Charlie Chaplin
This past week was a long and exhausting week in life–both inside the office and outside the office.
And some laughter moments on Friday in our cubicle between Johannah and Mel were so needed.
I think we were all in tears at one point or another during our 8 hour day.
And it was in the moments of the cheeks hurting that all the other troubles of the world just melted away.
Where else did I find laughter this week?
- During my first official music rehearsal for Cabaret.
- In the episodes of The Golden Girls and Reba that I watched.
- In the way that both Mackenzie and Ellie play Candy Land with me during family dinner night on Tuesdays.
- In the inside jokes from the beach that continue to pop up in my head at the most random of times throughout the day.
There are days when the life and world around us can feel so dark and dreary.
There are days when the shit that we all have to deal with is just too much to handle.
There are days when I think some of us forget the laughter.
Well, this week I encourage you to take a few moments to breathe deep and find LAUGHTER in your life.
Find the laughter that will make your cheeks hurt.
Find the laughter that will make you cry.
Find the laughter that will make the troubles around you melt away.
Laughter is truly the best medicine.
So, let’s all take a few extra doses of it to feel better.
Sprinkle sunshine always,
JP!
Mr. Sunshine Smiles 