Taking Life Too Seriously

“Blessed is he who has learned
to laugh at himself,
for he shall
never cease to be entertained.”
Josh Billings

What thoughts are you thinking when reading Josh Billings’ quote.? Do you take the time to stop and laugh at yourself or are you seriously thinking everything is so hard?

I had a problem with Alfie, my cat finding mice in the basement, killing them and bringing me a present; the dead mouse. Finding the mice made me crazy. I was tiptoeing around the house with a flashlight and looking everywhere before entering a room.

On a Sunday morning at 6am I called Mindi, my daughter, hysterical asking her to come over right away because there was a dead mouse in my basement. Her first response was come to my house. I said, “No” because I wanted her to get rid of the mouse. We proceeded to have an argument and after awhile we hang-up the phone on each other.

Twenty minutes later she was waking into my house asking where is the mouse. We both gingerly walked down the basement to find the mouse. Lying on the floor next to my cat was a half dead mouse. We both started screaming. Thank God Mindi was able to get it into a bag and out into the woods.

Before leaving she told me to live in the solution. I told her she was the solution. We were both upset with each other for a few days.

The other day a picture of that Sunday morning of us both screaming over a mouse popped into my head. Thinking about it, I started to laugh and realized what a funny story it was. I called Mindi laughing at the experience and we both had a good laugh.

Alfie, my cat has not been allowed down the basement since that day. Thank God there haven’t been any more presents left at my feet.

What I learned from the situation is there is a solution for every problem. Taking action by not letting Alfie in the basement has solved the problem. Also, it makes life so much easier to have a good laugh over your fears.

I would love to hear your stories. Please leave them in the comment section of the Love Yourself – It Matters! Blog. Together we will all have a good laugh.

As Josh Billings states, by laughing at ourselves we will always be entertained.

Helen