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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011
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LIGHTEN UP Chapter 3

A principal recently said to me, "Did you know a child laughs at least one hundred times a day?"

My immediate thought was, and then so many become adults who stop laughing, not realizing that less laughter speeds up the aging process.

''The merry heart doeth good like a medicine." That's what the book of Proverbs says. And, yet too many don't believe it.

Or certainly don't act like it. Spending too much of their time complaining and by so doing neither give joy nor have it.

I'm sure you have heard the old saying, "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone."

And I wish I could say, "Complain too often and you will be complaining to an audience of one, yourself."

But unfortunately complainers only seem to convince others to be complainers.

Yes, there are things in the world that are truly a pain or problem. But it is still better to force a grin rather than give in to a grimace.

Such as, a sign nailed to a telephone pole that read, "Lost dog with three legs, blind in left eye, missing right ear, tail broken, and recently castrated. Answers to the name, “Lucky."

Or... you know it's really a bad day when you end up in a hospital in traction and there sits your insurance man telling you "Your accident policy covers falling off the roof. It just doesn't cover hitting the ground."

Finding and keeping a sense of humor isn't always easy, I know that. Indeed, if you are still working, you may have a boss who came straight from hell.

Or perhaps you were cursed at on the expressway this morning.

Or you may have less energy than you would like or more problems than you want.

You may sometimes feel tired of Livin' and scared of dyin'.

And yet I in this writing am suggesting joy and even merriment. Am l out of my mind?

Not really, because this whole business of laughter, joy and contentment is a definite commodity offered graciously from all the store fronts of heaven.

Therefore, go shopping for a merry heart. Pray for a contented soul.

Seek at the foot of the Creator more patience than you presently have, more smile power, more grin gumption. In your next prayer, if you have

picked up or kept this holy habit, ask that you not be a professional sober sides.

Would you like me to tell you how to mute the possibility of happiness? Be a jerk. An arrogant, self centered bozo. A complaining jackass.

The book of Proverbs also says, "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall." Pride does not give birth to much laughter, either to the one practicing it or to those receiving it.

Has your pride been punctured recently? I hope so. A good dose of humility, accepted with a smile, can do one a world of good.

Like the little girl who had prayed softly one night before she went to sleep. Tucking her into bed her baby sitting grandmother complained, "Honey, I didn't hear a word you said."

The little girl politely replied, "I wasn't talking to you, Grandma."

A sixty-plus-person would tell this story on self and laugh. A sixty-minus-person would only get their feelings hurt.

So lighten up.

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
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“Do you enjoy visiting friends? More than likely you’re thinking, Preacher, of course, I do.
Now let me ask the other side of the coin - Do you enjoy visiting enemies? No?

Well, I know you must enjoy visiting at least one enemy because, like myself, you probably visit this one quite often. Unfortunately, we all …visit this enemy…whose name is anger.

Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew.”

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