I think of my mother. I think often of her. We fight and make up in my thoughts as well as in real life. And in my thoughts she listens time to time to my lengthy arguments and teachings how to really enjoy life and even agrees with me sometimes. Not so in real life. And how could she possibly do this? After some more thinking I realize that you can’t really teach how to have fun and enjoy life. You have to have fun and enjoy yourself and then you will infect others. Having fun and laughter are the best kinds of disease ever. Some people are immune against them but not many. The best spreaders of the “having fun” disease are children. When you hear a child laughing then the least that happens to you is smile and this happens the quicker the harder the child’s laughter is.
When you grow older, you lose gradually the power to infect others with laughter. But this power emerges time to time, sometimes unbeknownst to you. And if you have been “unfortunate” to have a laugh cramp then magic happens. A good friend of mine has recently sent me a link with a video shot in a subway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43xQ4dTAxY) where a woman having a laugh cramp infected the whole wagon with laughter. The video is absolutely hilarious, infectious, inspiring and it led me all the way from a bemused smile to laughing to tears.
And now when I think if my mother I hope that I can regain my childish power to infect her with laughter and good mood more and more often. And it’s actually quite easy. I just have to watch and learn from one of the best teachers in this, from my two and a half years old son.