Usually Chinese philosophers don't make me smile but when I read Mencious I began to smile.
When heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on any man, it will exercise his mind with suffering, subject his sinews and bones to hard work, expose his body to hunger, put him to poverty, place obstacles in the paths of his deeds, so as to stimulate his mind, harden his nature, and improve wherever he is incompetent.
The Funny Bone
Humor originates from pain. If our life was all flowers and niceties humor wold not appeal to the human soul. It is the suffering pains of life that create humor. The reason humor works is because it is closely associated with pain. We identify and we laugh because we know as painful as this obstacle is we will find relief when it passes. So yes, we all identify with jokes about bodily functions because we have experienced the same pains. The one who overcomes the pain can laugh about it. This is actually the first joke comment I received from my last post. Just check out these comments that made me laugh out loud:
1. Funny Bone Humor @scotters
@scotters/parenting-humor--2018-02-05-01-09-15
2. Unexpected Humor @tripdespider
3. Butt of the Joke
@castleberry/the-butt-of-the-joke
Honorable mentions made me smile.
I visited these posts, upvoted and made comments.
@insideoutlet who reminded me that a mistake can be even more funny then intended
@imsteinsbrother the youngest member in the group who is trying his best.
@yura81 who brings us some pretty funny pictures and using English on Steemit
@veber88 who loves Star Trek and made me smile
@mendelsage for his story with no punch line. You make me smile.
@mawit07 the amazing comment queen
@mitneb who shared the one joke she had and moved my heart.
@redheadpei and her hungry cat
@lilyraable for her smile
@ewkaw who laughed together
Today I heard a great song from Kirk Franklin.
He wrote, “You look so much better when you smile.”
Today I look in the mirror and smile.
I hope you can do the same.
We all go through storms of life but we encourage each other with laughs, jokes, smiles, art and stories.
I can't leave this post without writing a short poem:
Thank you for your smile.
A peculiar virus that spreads
From one corner of the mouth to the other
From one corner of the heart to the other end of the world
One smile is stained with coffee
Another is stained with kimchee
No smile can shine so bright
As the smile that shines the light
Take a breath and say, "Thank you."
Look in the mirror and smile again.
Say thank you again, "Thank you."
The smile grows
This smile is contagious
But there is no vaccine
Wash your hands and beware
I read the smile in your words
I hear the smile in your voice
This smile is contagious and I caught it
It is the smile of the human heart
Thanks to everyone who participated and made me smile and laugh.
Love,
365GROOVY
@mineopoly
mining the heart
