Live, Love, Laugh

Live Love Laugh…. "Yea yea yea I’ve heard this many times before Pat and it’s all BS"

I suspect some of you might say. Well, I beg to differ. What if I tell you that this is a lifetime adventure? Or simply that it is a challenging task worth assuming. Needless to go down the dark road and reminiscing with you about how once upon a time my lullaby was a nightmare because I learned to train my brain to remind me of only the good times. I now apply a negative correlation to life – thus the more I love, the less time I spend on hurtful and useless memories. Now enough about Moi, let’s go back to our subject… I have 4 simple questions: In what tense are you living? Are you loving with your whole heart? Are you laughing hard enough? And WHO is in control of your body and mind right at this moment? Some of you might have gone through this scenario when you were little (I know I certainly did… many times) it goes like this: Your parents or some adults at your house smack the devil out of you, or they ground you for whatever reason. So you are mad for being punished whether you know you’re guilty or think you’re misunderstood. Then comes dinnertime, they call you to eat and you say, “I’m not Hungry” even though your stomach is screaming to be fed. Deep inside you’re expecting them to feel bad for you and beg you to eat while you inflate your pride and keep refusing (thinking you’re teaching them a lesson). Well what happens when they understand your ruse and turn the blind eye? Everybody eat their Rice, beans, and chicken, drink their juice, lick their lips and stretch, but You DECIDE to go to bed hungry. Haha… booboo …your lost, too bad…. For them? You know better than that. Right about now you’re probably thinking “man that was so stupid!” Well since you’re all grown now, does that mean that person who did that thing to you yesterday or 5 years ago you let it go and DECIDE to resume your happy life? Because if you’re carrying that around, you’re basically repeating that scenario and keep going to bed hungry while everybody else is feasting. Do you allow circumstances to taint your love? Or do you make typical “human nature” excuse where you EARN the right to hate someone. Think about it like this; she/he did something awful to you. Who is angry? You. Who wants to punch somebody? You. Who keeps thinking about the situation? You. Who cannot sleep because of the situation? You. Whose face is grim because of everything? Yours. Who’s not eating? You. Who is being rude to everybody else these days? You. Umh so now it’s not even about the other person anymore, all eyes are on you my friend. Understand this, you can be wounded and not be depressed. You can be offended and not be sad. You can be broken and not ruined. There IS a difference. The first part sometime you have no control over, but in the latter You ARE Totally In Control. To Live, To Love, and TO Laugh does not Just happen because you possess certain skills, qualities, wealth or power. It is a Choice. Now, I command you all to start living in happiness, opening your heart to love and laughing more often. Did you just say easier said than done? Well try this - start faking a laugh right now about 10 seconds and see what happens in the next few minutes or hours. Did not work for you? Hum well, maybe you need to tickle yourself… just saying. Love, Lady Trish.