Last night my best friend and I were talking together. It was a very serious conversation about health and making ends meet and how hard life can be at times. We did compline together, a practice which both of us appreciate. My favorite prayer time of the day. We always remember a few people in our prayers, and I always include the names of those who would probably consider themselves my enemies. Praying for one's enemies is not an easy action. Being deliberate about it is the only way it will happen. For most of us, rehearsing old wrongs is about the only way such names get mentioned at all, which creates more space for more misunderstandings, and for bitterness and anger to grow.
Finally at the very end, when we normally say amen, I sang it, in silliness, going on and on, until we were both hooting with laughter.
Staying too long in the pain wears us out. We all need a break from it. No matter how messed up life gets, or how hard, laughter is one of the best ways to release the stress, break the tension and store the heaviness away for a while.
Hope your day has lots of it. Laughter I mean...
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