Laughter

Do you forget to laugh? Where's the laughter? I enjoy laughing. I laugh with myself. I laugh with my family and friends. Sometimes we forget to laugh. We start thinking about everything that we do not have. Our short term memory (selective amnesia) makes us forget about all the blessings we receive. When we wake up that morning, we have to realize that we could change our lives with action. Just doing gives us possibilities. Our possibilities are endless. Endless possibilities gives me hope and faith that tomorrow can be a better day. Renew your faith. Renew your happiness. Understand that laughter is allowing yourself to feel joy (if only for a brief moment). As a child I remember laughing without any recourse. Throughout the years my mother would tell me that I was laughing too much. I had to get serious. I began to smile less. I wasn't happy. I was focused on everything except me. I was focused on making money, finding a career, finding a relationship, etc. It took some time, but I realized that I need to work on me and everything else will come in its due time.

About five years ago I started to laugh again. I laughed loudly and consistently. It was during this time I met Iran, Jason and Wayne. We would meet up at CC's (I worked there) and talk about love, sex, politics, music, movies, etc. We conversed about life. For the first time in my life I knew people that understood me. It was great! Then the crew got bigger and bigger. We had Anita, Dwan, Catherine, Rian, 'Z', Keithen, Quendi, Chuck Perkins, and many more. One person would show up. It would be just two of us then next thing you knew it was eight of us living. We found solace in this. We found energy. We laughed. I laughed heartedly. This is when I learned more about myself. I realized that my possibilities were endless, for my friends kept telling me so. They encouraged me, but they also told me the truth as painful as that was. Sometimes the truth came with the laughter. Now I sit back and think about the 'forever' friendships that were formed at CC's Gourmet Coffee, and I smile. No, I laugh. Through these relationships and friendships I learn about what kind of person I was born to be. How great is that!