While this post is not actually about a song, it does go out to my Mom because she is the only other person in the world who understands humor the way I do. I know most teenagers struggle to find anything that both them and their parents can see eye to eye on, and my Mom and I have the same struggle. However, when it comes to humor, there is almost never a dispute.
Humor is important. I would argue that it is one of the most important parts of life. People often say that honesty, love, and many other fundamentals of life are the most important, but what is your day without laughter. A day without even one singular laugh. I cannot picture a single day of my life when I have not at least laughed once. Now, it may not have been the best laugh I have ever had, but at least it was something. I had a moment of pure joy at least at one point in my twenty-four hour day. Just imagine a whole day without a laugh. You being serious all day, sad all day, mad all day, or any other possibility besides laughter. No rest from the intense, constant flow of life. You having no decent chuckle, no crying laugh with your friend. Now, I cannot speak for everyone, but to me, that sounds just about the most depressing thing that I have ever heard.
Yes, I know people get sad. That it is healthy to have those sad moments in life. It is important to have those angry, elated, depressed, serious, and every other emotional moment in life, but without daily laughter, where would we all be? Laughter is one of the true joys in life, and I do not want to picture the world without it.
Now, I believe we all need laughter, but we all do not have to have the same sense of humor. Some people prefer the traditional “knock, knock” joke. Some love a good cheesy “dad” joke. Some even love a funny political cartoon, and there are so many other forms of content out there that cause laughter to ring throughout the world, but my personal favorite form is sarcasm. I enjoy the sarcastic presentation of everyday facts, particularly the depressing, maddening facts. The truths of life that are turned from a stressful, depressing connotation to one that causes you and others to find joy in it. These truths may be an issue that is going on in your personal life, a societal issue, a work/school issue, or anything else in between. Basically, this form of humor allows you to turn a negative thing into a temporarily positive thing, and I think we could all use a break from the awful moments in life with a good laugh every once in a while.
However, this does not mean that you have to only find joy out of your pain. You can laugh at those classic, cheesy jokes, those silly cartoons, and even some of the darker humor. No matter what you laugh at, all that is important is that all people involved feel better at the end. All that matters is that the laughter did good for everyone because there is no other purpose for laughter other than to make people feel better and happy.
I dedicate this post to my Mom not only as a reminder to her of the laughter and joy that we share every day, but also to remind others not to neglect the laughter in their lives.