Everybody that you talk to about me will always tell you that I have a bad habit of cracking jokes about whatever happened that I'm upset about. Some people even find it kind of weird and uncalled for, but my one question for those people is, what do you want me to do about it? What is sitting here crying going to change? No, laughing and making jokes probably won't change anything either, but doesn't it make for a much more uplifting environment?

At the end of the day, you probably don't have much control over how God wants your life to be played out, or what that persons final decision on a friendship, relationship, etc. is. But you DO have control over how you decide to handle the situation itself. Theres millions of options and my personal favorite is laughing and making the most out of it.

You can decide to cry every second of everyday, you can drink until you can't remember your own name, or you can go about life emotionless like you don't care about anything, but what are any of those going to do? If you want to cry, then do it. Cry as hard as you can for as long as you need to. But after you get it all out, why do you wan't to cry again? When you wake up the next morning after a long night of drinking and forgetting your own name, what did you get out of it? A headache and bad decisions? Whats the point?

LAUGH. Go out with your friends, and I don't mean to the bar or the club, I mean GO OUT and go on a hike, get some fresh air, go see something you've never seen. Go do whatever it is that makes you feel better inside. Laughing until tears stream down your face is going to be the best feeling in your stomach that you've ever had. You'll forget all of the pain, and you'll remember that you're here. You're alive, and God blessed you with a life that you are trying to turn into a disaster by allow the negative things around you to bring you down.

LAUGH IT OFF. Remember that better things are coming, and that having a sense of humor is going to get you far. Forgive people that hurt you, because holding against them isn't going to hurt them at all. If you would just laugh it off and love your life a little, you'll remember the good things.

At the end of the day when you're laying in your bed and you're holding back the tears because you remember your life still isn't the way you want it to be, think back on that day and remember the one thing that made you laugh. Remember that for at least 30 seconds of your day, you felt joy. For just 30 seconds, you forgot about whatever is hurting you. Laughing will make you feel alive, it will remind you that you're HERE. You're alive and that somewhere inside you theres a joyful person just waiting to get out. Laugh it off and remember that when you're laughing, you're happy and that there is still joy within the world. Laughter really is the best medicine.