The last few years have been hard, the world is in chaos. Our lives are turned upside down. Our jobs have been disrupted, technology has alienated us from each other, our politics are crazy, we’re in the middle of a pandemic and the economy is collapsing.

Everything seems out of control, and we are stressed.

Yet did you know that we have been given a built-in stress control device? A tool for putting our lives in perspective, A way of connecting with others. A path to joy. It’s called, Laughter.

Close your eyes and think, when was the last time you woke up deliriously happy, and excited to greet the day?

Remember, when running around in the summer with the sun on your skin was enough to make me happy. Remember, when you thought you could change the world?

You weren’t put on this earth to be beaten, downtrodden, defeated, and burdened. If you woke up this morning, you have something to be happy about.

Life is crazy and you might as well be crazy right along with it. You may be mad that Kylie Jenner is a billionaire and you’re not quite sure what she does. Well, at least I’m not sure. But you just need to laugh about it and all the other crazy things that happen in life and move on.

Now, you’re probably thinking, when you’re in-the-midst of despair how do you find the energy, the presence of mind to laugh?

Dr. Joe Robinson, in his book,  Don’t Miss Your Life: Find More Joy and Fulfillment Now, says, the answer is PLAY.

I know you think I’m crazy, but I know from personal experience this is true.