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MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL
How Are Those Laughing Muscles Doing?
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There’s a reason I asked my kids every day, when they were growing up and had just come home from school,
“Did anything make you laugh today?”
I think I was supposed to ask,
“Did you learn something particularly interesting or useful?”
But even at the start of parenting, I knew that humor was key to maintaining a sane and solid journey through life’s vicissitudes. And that’s how I approach the differences that mark us: with humor.
One of my proudest parenting moments is when I asked my four-year-old at the time, “Do you know what humor is?”
“Yes,” she replied. “Instead of saying ‘okay,’ I say ‘chokay.’”
This, no doubt, came to her because she had a Russian babysitter with a strong accent. It took my daughter some time to lose her Russian accent, but she never lost her sense of humor.
Now, keeping ourselves laughing is not always easy. There are the big meta-issues that can be hard. For example:
Do we believe in God?
What kind of lifestyle do we think we need to maintain?
