Laugh and the world laughs with you
I recently received an email from , Mike Szymanski as I have subscribed to his news items. In it he tells the story of a new reader with MS who fell off her chair to much hilarity. One of the other newsreaders who was involved in the laughing felt the need to apologise when he found out she had MS. Melanie herself laughed and there was no harm done.
Now it seems to me that there is nothing more noble in the human condition than the ability to laugh at ourselves. Sounds like Melanie did this too. She is a normal person who happens to have a disability. This does not mean everybody should tip toe around her in case they say the wrong thing. If she was hurt it would be a different matter but since she wasn’t then yes, it was funny, could have happened to anybody The apology she received was probably politically driven so doesn’t carry much weight anyway.
If I fall over I’d rather laugh than cry.
If I misread something because of my eyesight problems I’d rather laugh than cry.
If my coffee shimmers when I pick it up and my son is amused I’d rather laugh than cry.
There is time enough to cry, when the fatigue kicks in, when the pain kicks in, when the vertigo kicks in, when my bladder gives up and when my eyesight brings down the curtain.
Let’s laugh while we can and let’s share that laughter with the people around us.
I’d like to hear your views on his matter so please leave a comment below
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