“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” ~ Proverbs 15:13

We’ve all heard that laughter is the best medicine, and that particular modern saying comes from a much older writing in Proverbs.  I think laughter is one of my greatest gifts; my sense of humor keeps me going even in the direst of circumstances.  And the funniest moments sometimes come to us in the everyday activities of our lives.  For instance, when I worked at Parker Middle School, there was a particularly annoying 6th grade student who brought down the classroom with laughter one day.  This  kid was trying hard to be the class clown and took every opportunity to interrupt me or his fellow classmates with stupid tricks or lame jokes.  Not only did he irritate me, but I could hear the groans and see the  rolling eyes of the other students in the class, also.  However, one day as we were going over our vocabulary words, and we were discussing the meaning of “clairvoyant,” I asked who could tell me of a psychic experience.  Of course my little clown’s hand shot up first.  I looked hopelessly around for another hand, but finding none, I asked him what his experience was.  He replied, “I just wanted to use that word in a sentence.”  “Okay, go ahead,” I sighed.  Instead of saying something crazy, or falling out of his desk onto the floor, or some other antic, he began his sentence quite seriously.  “My mother says I’m clairvoyant because I have always been psychotic.”  For the first time that year, he brought down the house with uproarious laughter.  And not understanding what caused the merriment, he asked, looking a little embarrassed, “What?”  I just wanted to hug him right then and there.