"A Life Seasoned With Laughter"

    😂 A strong desire to have fun, laugh, and make other people laugh, has always been a compulsion of mine!  Orneriness is one component of my personality that I'll probably possess as long as I'm here on earth, and maybe even - still have traces of it - whenever I'm existing in Heaven (only the "good" orneriness - not the "bad" kind  - of course), who knows (ha!)!?!? 🌎😳 Laughter certainly adds "flavor" to life (in my opinion)! 😂🌶🍒 A positive point of the "social media craze" nowadays, for me personally, is that, it offers plenty of laughable material! 😉😏 One ironic thing about me being this way, is that, in the past (mostly), many times whenever I've attempted to give everyone a good laugh, trying to be funny - by doing something - both - physically challenging and silly, I would end up hurting myself - which is partly to blame for the chronic back pain with which I suffer! 😏  Oh well, if it lifted someone's spirits by laughing at my goofiness (their gain from my pain), then, it is worth the cost (I guess 😗😂😉)!  Like I mentioned previously - in one of my 'blog posts," laughter, which makes a heart merry - truly is medicine to the soul (Proverbs 27:22)!  After a small chuckle, I always feel a little lighter, and, after a good ole belly laugh, I feel a lot brighter!! 😃  One fine example of me hurting myself while trying to give others a good laugh, took place at 'Cedar Point Amusement (good word for me - trying to be amusing 😉) Park,' which is on 'Lake Eerie,' in northern Ohio, many years ago.  Much of our family was there - vacationing together.  We had spent the entire - day and evening - riding rides (I still could, and did - back then), from the park's opening until its closing (we were literally the last visitors to leave)!  So, everyone was wore out, and, I was getting "slap-happy," and then, I got a silly thought - actually - a question - which I asked myself (mentally), "what funny thing should I do to lighten the mood, have some fun, be funny, and make everybody laugh?!" 😳  The answer that I gave myself, in which I did not take the time to "think through," but, just proceeded - full force ahead..was that I...TRIED to run - "pigeon-toed," while asking everyone, "look you guys, I bet I can run "pigeon-toed," can you?" (Or, something to that effect)?! 😳😜 Hum, it did not go well!  My feet got all tangled up, and, being "top-heavy," I lost my balance, and, began falling forwards!  Needless to write - It did not end well - either!! 😩 HOWEVER, our family, and, a few 'C.P.A.P' workers - ALL had a REALLY good laugh!! 😂🤣  As I reminisce about it, it seems like my nephew, Josh, got the biggest kick out of it - laughing "at me," not, with me!! 🤣💙 By that time in my life, it took A LOT to embarrass me, so, I quickly "shook off" the - huge humiliation and small embarrassment - jumped up (I was able to walk, etc. - with little pain - then - OH - HOW I miss that), and, we carried on - laughing as we went!!  Every now and again, someone in the family will mention this episode, and - of course - we have more laughs about it!  So, you see, my family's amusement, in that instance - was very much worth my "pain!!" ☺️😘😁 I love, love, love it - whenever a group of people, and myself, get to laugh'n about something, and, cannot quit!  😂🤣😂 Good times!! 🎈🎉 To me, doing that, is one of the best things "in the world," to do! 😘💖 Hey - In my opinion, it is better that my motives are to "crack people up" (including myself - which I do often), and, to be continually looking for ways to bless people (which, because of the chronic back pain + limitations physically - presently - I'm driven to be creative in finding ways to do so), rather than, to be constantly searching for ways in which I can "USE" people - to GET what I want (sadly - we all know a few individuals who seem to only know how to use people, and/or, have "hidden" (they think) agendas 😢)!  I pray that 'The Good Lord' always keeps the motives of my heart - PURE - in that - anything and everything - in which I desire to do, and actually do - are for HIS - glory and honor - not for mine!!  Selfish and self-serving folks - most likely don't realize that they are the way that they are, and, have probably learned this behavior - early and throughout their lives - using anyone and anything - as a way of existence, survival, then, as a habitual behavior...maybe...I DUNNO?!?! 🤔 Oh well, these "USERS" just give me more people for whom to PRAY!! 😘😊🙏🏼 I DO know that I do NOT like the way that I feel - after I have been "USED" by a "USER," especially, whenever it is a "user" about whom I sincerely care 😢 (like a crumpled up, used, church bulletin - left on the pew after the service 😔)!  "You're welcome," to your "thank you" (I'll presume), that I'm sure you are giving me for me sparing you the agony - of me - sharing one of the many examples of the times in which I've been used and abused!! 😘 However, this painful feeling - after having been "used," reminds and motivates me, to guard myself against "using" people - in order to obtain my own selfish wants and desires - because - I desire to be a blessing to them, and, NOT to hurt them! 💜 God has given me a sincere love for people (although I dislike some of their ways), therefore, I want to be a "blessing" to them, however, this also makes me very vulnerable to being hurt, and/or, offended by them! 💜🙏🏼 Can you relate?! 😗 Well, I'm running out of space - too soon - again!  So, the moral of this post, I suppose, is to remind myself, and whoever else needs reminding - that laughter really IS good for one's soul, so, try to laugh as much as possible - without appearing to be a lunatic! 🤣😜 Also, please (especially 'Believers'), USE things - NOT - people, and, pray for the "users" whom you know (they definitely need it)!! 😉🙏🏼✝️💜 Until next time...👋🏼