See today’s scenario, no astrologer had ever predicted that in future people will designate a specific hour from their daily schedule—only to laugh! Nowadays, we eagerly wait for clock to struck 8.30 or 9 or whatever time that may be, so that we could expose ourselves to a virtual guy on an idiot box, who will assist us in laughing! And at times I have found people are laughing just because they have to for being on the show directly or indirectly. Why to force ourselves to laugh?
My question is why do we require a foreign factor daily in our life to laugh? Are we not self reliant and capable enough to find humour in our daily life? Remember, no two days are same, and so are life situations. There are umpteen opportunities for every one of us to see the funnier side of the situations we might find ourselves in. Now don’t tell me that you have really forgotten how to laugh—for that can never be the case.
Laughing, like any other emotion is a natural one which should make our facial muscles and bones move automatically.
My idea is not to snub stand up comedians, who in fact are much better placed than us to see things differently from others, but to tell everyone that in the humdrum of daily life we should not let go of an opportunity to not only smile our self but make others smile as well.
And in the end, as I always say if you are stuck with a situation crack a joke on yourself, it’ll relieve you of that situation.
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© Anchit Barnwal
