After I saw this prompt, what came straight to my mind was the song "Heal the World" by MJ, and I decided to listen to that song over and over again because it is in line with this topic I am writing on, and that song also made me remember how the children in the church I attended on Sunday were busy laughing out loud. I do not know what their children's teacher said to them that got them laughing like that, and we were hearing it in the youth section. I could hear the pure innocence in that free laughter, and to be honest, I think the world also needs something like that.
In my opinion, I feel that we need more simple laughter in the world. Not the fake one we now see everywhere today, but I am talking about that pure laughter that comes deeply from our hearts, the real laughter that we feel inside and probably might bring out tears from our eyes. I don't know if anyone has had that type of laughter before because I have. In my country, a lot of people move about with a lot of loads on them, not talking about physical loads, but bills upon bills, family pressure, health issues, and so on. And when I go about, especially on Sundays, I see how people are so tired just looking at their faces, even though they try to dance, sing, and look strong.
Before, I used to put all the pressure on myself by taking everything so seriously. I blame myself for every error that I made, and I even forgot how to laugh, and someone once told me that I should have joined the military because I don't laugh. But ever since I changed that perspective about myself, by going easy on myself in a way that instead of taking every mistake personally, I turned it into jokes, laughed a lot with my siblings, and even made jokes about myself sometimes, everything started getting easier and better.
I once heard that laughter is medicinal even though it might not remove all the problems. But what I do know is that it gives me ease and peace in my mind. After all, I am human; I must find a way to cope in this hardship.
If we can create space in our hearts to laugh more often, I think the world also will laugh back to us in a way that everything will be softened towards everyone. Something joyful is simply shared when we laugh with each other, and that is not an expensive thing to do.
Thank you for reading.
Images SS is mine
