life is funny! it can be sad, or joyous or scary at times. but it's usually funny. there are days when i feel like the events were so crazy i can't help but laugh. there are other days when i'm so overjoyed that i just want to laugh. and then there are those days when you need to exchange your spirit of heaviness for a spirit of joy and ... well laughter does the body good like a medicine!
i rediscovered laughter. seriously. i was finding it hard to laugh about things and one day i just had a gut busting laugh. i mean i laughed so hard my sides ached. i rolled on the floor, doubled over and hollered until all the air had escaped my lungs and diaphragm. i just laughed and laughed. i don't even remember what i was laughing about. i just allowed myself to laugh. and in the process, i rediscovered my smile. that feature that people seem to notice instantly when they meet me. that presence that seems to draw people to me returned and i felt like myself again.
there are a whole lot of people and circumstances that would love to dictate how you react to the world around you. but the power is ultimately yours. i had yielded my power to be happy to my circumstances and a few people who i thought mattered. they don't. because at the end of the day the only approval i seek is God's. he has the power to make me prosper and he has the power to define me. i only care what he thinks. and what he says about me. in remembering that simple truth, i got my smile back. if yours is missing, i hope you realize how to get yours back too!
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