If you are patiently (and I may use this term loosely)
waiting for me to finally make my books available, bear with me. It’s a process. I’m truly optimistic that I will have the
first book published by this summer and if all goes well, the second book might
be as well. That’s the plan and I’m seriously
working towards those goals.
Besides spending
time at work (not to mention getting ready for work and driving to and from
work), spending time with family, spending time working on the craft of writing,
and, God willing, at least 7 hours of sleep, you can imagine there isn’t much
time for anything else in any given day.
But as busy
and as serious as life might get sometimes, it just doesn’t cut it to always be so serious. Sometimes, you just have to look at the
lighter side of things, find the humor around you and every once in awhile, give
in and just laugh till it hurts.
It’s not
often we serious, hard-working adults get to do that, is it?
But it feels
so good when we do.
E. E.
Cummings said, “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
I tend to
agree.
I ran across
something the other day and it gave me a good laugh…not because it’s the
funniest thing I’ve ever read but because after going back to work full-time in
an office setting again, it made me wonder how my co-workers would react if I
were to exhibit the following behavior:
Ways to
Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity
1)
At
lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at
passing cars. See if they slow down.
2)
Page
yourself over the intercom. Don’t
disguise your voice.
3)
Every
time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4)
Put
your garbage can on your desk and label it “In.”
5)
Put
decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks.
Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to
espresso.
6)
In
the memo field of all your checks, write “for smuggling diamonds.”
7)
Don’t
use any punctuation.
8)
As
often as possible, skip rather than walk.
9)
Specify
that your drive-through order is “To Go.”
10) Order diet water whenever you go out
to eat, with a serious face.
The above
list is only half of what the original list included but these were the ones
that made me smile as I imagined how anyone in an office setting might be scrutinized
if they were to behave this way.
It might be
fun for a day.
On second
thought, having only been at my job for a month and a half, it’s probably
better if I don’t make them question my sanity.
But whatever
tickles your funny bone, I hope you find it often; whether it’s with your
family, your friends, a book, an old series like Friends or Frasier, or
even your pets (mine make me laugh often).
And to end
this post, here’s a great quote by Michael Pritchard…
“You don’t
stop laughing because you grow old. You
grow old because you stop laughing.”