The Undiscovered Country

Dance through your day

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it's lovely to be silly at the right moment."

-- Horace

With all that's going wrong in this world - fears running rampant that our world is dying, we're dying, our country is dying, the future be bleak (is this an election year, or what?) even our most darkest imaginings can't touch (according to our politicians anyway), it's easy to forget to laugh.

Sometimes we even feel guilty for enjoying our lives when so many others suffer.

But even those who suffer can make time to laugh, or make others laugh. It's what keeps life worth living regardless of our circumstances.

Growing up people described me one way without fail: Weird.

I admit to being a strange child. Because of my strangeness with acting out my imaginings - pretending to be someone I could never be, people tended to either avoid me or tease me.

As I grew up I tried to suppress that weirdness. It didn't work. People know a fraud when they see one, and is far less attractive than someone who's strange.

Because that left me largely alone, I decided to embrace my weirdness - show it off even. I soon discovered people laughed - not at me anymore, but with me.

I never thought making people laugh would bring me such joy.

Yep, a little silliness can go a long way.

A life lived too serious is not one worth living.