Humor your best defense?
2007-06-14 06:00:01 · 16 answers · asked by JC 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I can't imagine slogging through life without a sense of humor. The people I love the most all have one thing in common: They make me laugh.
Life is a gift but it is also a series of problems. I can moan and whine about the difficulties or wear a smile and find the joy.
This is not to say that humor is a mere joke or some sort of 'trick.' I agree with Garrison Keillor who said that humor is a presence in the world - like grace.
I like this quote from Gordon W. Allport:
"So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter."
oops...forgot to answer the actual question directly. Humor is part of my life, part of me - like grace - so how often? Always.
2007-06-14 06:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anne Teak 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it's the only defense, if one wants to stay calm and helpful. I use it the most during trying times for others, whether I'm in the 'middle' trying to help, or just attempting to soothe a toubled heart. It is also a precious 'mask' to keep my own clouds concealed, to not burden those I love with my personal problems. I can't say I use it too often, since I consider silence my best defense, but aye, it is a blessing to make laugh instead of make war. ;)
2007-06-14 13:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humor masks many emotions. And yes I find it to be a defense mechanism at times. It is a universal language after all :) It's always preferable to laugh than to cry.
2007-06-14 13:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by KAT 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh at least 22 times daily. If I couldn't laugh...... I'm sure everything we see before us in life would look so much more troublesome. Laughter is the only way to face some of the things we come up against sooooo many times a day.
2007-06-14 18:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG Everyday I need and have my dads sense of Humor ..its the best medicine and you don't a prescription and its FREE kara doll
2007-06-14 13:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by COOKIE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of the time. Everyone needs a healthy sense of the ridiculous. I hope it's contagious and spreads like wildfire! :)
2007-06-14 13:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by Firespider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite often.
2007-06-14 15:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by Nellie Angel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not even a best defense... it's a way of life... LOL @;~}
Okay, next victim... he he he
2007-06-14 13:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by Shur-fire 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ALL the time!
2007-06-14 13:13:01 · answer #9 · answered by pixeydust77 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the time. It's also my best tool, well second best tool anyway.
2007-06-14 13:10:51 · answer #10 · answered by melady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋