It’s Gratituesday! Today I’m grateful for silliness and nonsense. Yes, you read that correctly. From seated bleacher “dancing” at the local High School football game, (that band rocks it!) to one liners and zingers on Facebook, from tickling to hot pink sparkly toenails on a woman over a certain age, from nonsensical YouTube video featuring llamas or dancing cats to old cartoons and sitcoms from the dark ages. Whatever the reason for a short break from life’s daily serious menu, I willingly embrace it.
I’m lucky to know friends who’ll scream and giggle like teenagers in spite of being several decades older than the giggly screamer age. Fortunately I also know some quick-witted people who can go toe to toe with me with jokes and nonsense and movie quotes. Happily when our family gets together laughs and guffaws outweigh tension and discord fifty to one.
Life’s full of serious business, contemplative moments, heartache and worry. I used to scare away potential friends with the weight of the world sitting solidly on my shoulder for all to see. Laughter didn’t fit in with my earnest desires to make the most of my time on the planet. And then, someone taught me by example years ago that silliness didn’t take anything away from life’s solemnity. In fact, I saw and began to experience the load lightening magic of nonsense, laughter and silliness.
Like downing a huge glass of ice water in the middle of a hot and sweaty task, silliness refreshes and refills and rejuvenates.
Too much of any good thing will cause more harm than good. All silliness and nonsense makes life a shallow pointless effort. Finding a good ratio between “LOL” (laughing out loud) and putting one’s “shoulder to the wheel” might make all the difference in my success at the hard work side of life.
If you happen to see a woman in a little truck doing some car dancing or belting out a tune like she’s some rockstar, it might just be me, taking a silliness break before heading back to my rock and my hard place.
Turn off your serious button and laugh a little. It’ll do you good. Click on these short links.
What is this Car Dancing she talks about?
Who said Cat’s can’t dance?
Okay, maybe llama’s are funny.
Kami's Beautiful Morning 
Are you serious??? hahahaha! You made my day!
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Awesome. I love the photo and the post. We have worked hard to keep silliness in our lives and glad to hear others doing the same!
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Car Dance Party! Hahahahaha I haven’t seen that in f
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I haven’t seen that in forever! So great! 🙂
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Another great one Honey!
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I think I scared v because I was laughing so hard at the car dancing. Hilarious!
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You should bookmark it. Anytime you need a good crying laugh that would be your go-to video. Next you and V need to learn a car dance and practice it!!!!
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