Hakuna Matata! Be Happy!

In the book, “Daily reflection book for highly affective teens”, it is written that in a day adults (or parents) only laugh about a wimpy 17 times a day, while kids in kindergarten laugh about 300 times a day. I wonder why, I bet my parents were thinking these while my mom was reading the book, “Aren’t we funny? What makes those kindergartens laugh so much? Aren’t we adults humorous?” Also John Tesh from FM98.1, CHFI radio says that adults are very serious, while kids are loose and laugh easily.

I guess that adults have been told that laughing is too childish, but it is not. At dinner time it is the time when my family gets the chance to laugh and laugh until we can’t drink our milk. After we finish eating someone brings a topic up which makes us all laugh like crazy! It is usually mom that makes us laugh. She is not like normal adults when it comes to laughing. I say this in a good way because she has this African side of hers. Everything starts with “back home… bla bla bla….”, “when we were young, you dare not bla bla bla or else you will bla bla bla”!

Laughing can also help to heal you, if your have a serious problem. My daily reflection book says that laughing can help people with problems. They didn’t mention what problems, but I think problems are problems however small or big they are. I also think adults tend to be very serious when they have problems to the extent that they affect their job, family, and reputation. Parents, when you find yourself in problem, you need a “ton a laughter” to heal yourself so that you can have a happier life. These are some ways that adults can loosen up:

  • Watch movies or shows that can make your laugh. Shows like Mr. Bean. You will laugh and forget all your problems in life. Parents today watch a lot of serious shows that makes me wonder “really, spend your leisure time on that”?
  • Try to read funny books. Do parents read anyway?
  • Try something new. Something crazy, out of your comfort zone!
  • Try to hang out with your kids and see what they like (But we need our personal space too!)
  • Try to do things that you said was childish. Then at the end laugh!

Do not get me wrong, I know parents have the laughing genes in them but they just don’t use them anymore. That is why I encourage you to let out the fun side of you and hide the serious one for once, at least for this holiday season!

Angela-Acaye