Laughter

Laughter is not only the best medicine, it's probably my favorite expression of emotion. I like to hear people laugh. I like to make people laugh.

Tonight I was on the phone with a friend. I got a few laughs out of her. I liked that. I liked how it sounded coming through the phone and knowing that a few hours away my friend was smiling and putting down her copy of the Oprah magazine just for a few minutes while we were talking.

I also like to laugh a bit myself. Here's what makes me laugh lately:

• Anything that my nephew Jaxon says
• The commercials that I have seen for Mr. T's new show
• My friend Mike (Actually Mike has made me laugh for years, he's a very funny man... and brilliant too. He breaks things down to what they really are... what's worth worrying about, what isn't)
• People who try to drive aggressively but can't really do it... I'm not Broad Street Bully, but I know how to drive
• Cartoons (the funny kind, not all this weird dramatic anime, let's have a story line and a plot to a cartoon)
• Myself (can't take myself too seriously sometimes, I gotta think about some of the dumb things I've done, intentionally or not)

Remember to laugh once in awhile...