Day Three: Connect to Humor

By now, we’ve all been spending a lot of time together and as the defining reality show of my generation, The Real World, says, “Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.” Ok, ok, I am dating myself here, but it’s true. Stick any group of people in a house for long enough and we’re going to get grumpy.

So, I ask here: What makes you laugh? Stupid jokes? Bad movies? Silly board games? Klutzy animals? Take some time and remember that it’s necessary to enjoy the small things. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Tommy Boy with Chris Farley and David Spade, but it cracks me up every time. The girls are on a steady diet of Rocky and Bullwinkle and it is so dumb and so funny.

I need to stay connected to the good there is in the world, even if that good is in the form of a fart joke. And sharing that humor connects us to each other. Shared humor will be one of my life rafts.

I still remember playing card games on rainy vacation days as a child. I remember playing something that we called full-contact Yahtzee, which I think meant that we hit each other while playing? I don’t even know but I remember laughing and laughing and laughing.

What’s going to do that for you today?