Ya Gotta Giggle

I have caught myself saying all to often.. I had to laugh or I was going to cry... I believe that laughter does heal. I know that it makes me feel better. I use it as a coping mechanism .. I always try to find something funny in the stupid things that I do. I love to tell stories to make people laugh .. to ease the tension of difficult situations. I have even found the funniest things are the moments when live is showing up just how human we are. the following is an example of just that. ( to those of you that have heard this story Sorry it's a good one !!!)

And there I was, in this tiny fitting room, with this very tiny blouse stuck around my shoulders. One foot braced against the wall, my butt against the other, trying desperately to ease this thing off. I prayed for divine intervention. GOD please I know I ignore you but I promise if you get me out of this blouse. I’ll do anything…I swear. No wait I’ll stop swearing.

My arms fell, the blouse intact. I sighed catching a glimpse of my newly rounded cheeks and puffy eyes staring back at me. I wanted to cry. I thought this can’t be me and how did I ever end up in here in Wal-Mart of all places. I sighed as I pulled myself together. No one would ever know.

The clerk’s face gleaming, her eyes wide open, I could see her body jerk as she held back the laughter.

“How’d ya do??” she giggled.

Oh my God, I was mortified, I must have been grunting. She heard me. I mustered a smile.

“It doesn’t fit! “ off I went.

Compared to the smile on her face the truth might be a tad disappointing or was it? As I wandered around I found myself imagining what could have happened if the clerk had to rescue me. I delighted in what thoughts I could only imagine were going through her head. Plus how, silly was that to think that I still fit into a small. Thanks to Prednisone. With each image or thought I noticed I was going
from a giggle to a laugh to completely laughing out loud. The laughter consumed me. For the first time in ages I let myself go. I laughed until I cried. This was my life and it was ok. I could have cried in horror but I didn’t. Somehow I felt better. Laughter was the best medicine that day.

I also learned there is a reason for stretchy clothes. Oh my, that’s another story.

Thank You Walmart shoppers. No thank you.

For all of you that made it this far in my post I invite you to join me on Tuesday August 7th at 7pm EST for my upcoming teleclass Seriously YA Gotta Giggle. Please check out my website at http://www.holisticendeavours.ca/ on my event page. Let's all try and find something to laugh about today.