Good for the Soul

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~ Yiddish Proverb

Ah, tonight I laughed so hard—that kind of laughing where you want to start crying or feel like you will collapse into a heap on the floor. I can guarantee that my two friends, Jeff and Celeste, will make me laugh hysterically when we get together. They are hilarious people. Tonight was no different. We were trying to get a group photo and somehow we were laughing insanely as one of us snapped the photo and the camera took several pictures instead of one.

I had amazing conversations with folks today. During my manicure and pedicure today, I struck up a conversation with Susan who owns the nail place that I go to about the moon which I know she loves. I was saying how beautiful the moon was in Alaska with the ocean and mountains as its backdrop. She responded so gratefully. She insisted more people need to just look at the moon. In Vietnam where she is from in her grandparents’ village, every month there is a celebration of the moon on the night before the full moon. She said to me that people who seek out beauty are less stressed.

I had lunch with a colleague today and we ended up having a deep conversation about my sister’s death which she did not know about. That was meaningful to me. We did also get in a few good belly laughs during the course of our meal.

My soul feels clean tonight. I am grateful for laughter.

Peace,

Suzanne