Laugh out loud...

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I often wonder...which scripts and what rules deprived us the laughter?
You know...the spontaneous laughter that makes us literally cry...

There were moments in the past where we laughed at the slightest. With every insignificant reason. It was not nonsense or nervous laughter. It was the whole mood. We could laugh without feeling guilty and without a second thought.

Because despite of all the problems we had we knew that somehow we will handle every problem. There was the certainty that we would overcome almost everything. And it was a redeeming, purifying laughter that gave us courage and hope. I have been thinking since then how laughter can work so efficiently on us....

I cannot really remember when exactly did this stop happening....I do not think it's just the rough times that we live in, which make us feel guilty every time we laugh, since everyone around us is whining...

We hide publicly the hilarious laughs and we don’t express ourselves anymore just in case someone mocks us...and how could it be differently...when the general hassle is drawn on the faces of others?

Nor do I think it is that we grew up and we became more serious, when the memories I have from my uncles, aunts, grandparents overflow with countless jokes and teasing, something you do not see very often anymore.

It is like everyone feels like something really bad is happening in their lives - a disaster - and this has a major impact in their behavior...

And the truth is...I don’t blame them. I can totally understand...

-How is it possible to laugh when you are constantly thinking about your problems?
How can you find the power to satirize it?
And because of your inability to do it alone, you get to a point seeking for professional help of special psychotherapists...dead end...

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It's just sad!

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It happened last time I was out for dinner with my friends. After a serious debate we had about illnesses and examinations, my best friend and I started laughing... it started as a simple smile and ended up with us two being folded...we just couldn’t help it.

After we had dismantled the situation and the two of us had almost fallen on the floor, the others were just looking at us with a slight smile of "support" and disapproval for our "downhill".

We stopped shortly afterwards and returned to our "seriousness," with "guilt" that we were so far off in front of others who wanted to continue to mistreat and whine about their lives... but I tell you people.. it was so refreshing that I felt that I was unloading a huge weight I was carrying for years. And I was angry that the others around me considered my act of liberation nonsensical...

I felt deep within myself that I will not allow any other humiliation either by God or by man. Because that’s exactly what it is when you criticize someone who is full of joy and fun at that moment.Enough is enough!!

I really do not know what this life holds for us, but until we face the greatest misfortune or happiness, we can laugh incessantly.

And suddenly I have the impression that we will look more beautiful, younger and almost immortal!

Thanks for stopping by
Until next time...

Cheers @mindtrap