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I Laughed Last Night!

I laughed so much last night. It was good, so good. It had been so long since I had such a good laugh. It began when I decided to look up some caribbean poems that I loved since I was a child. My daughter helped me in my desire to recapture old memories. I felt like I was one of those secret artists, the one who always wished to appear on stage reciting some of the great West Indian poems. Here was my chance to live it. With my bedroom as an auditorium and my daughter the audience, I began, "Song of the Banana Man," by Evan Jones. Yes that poem. The one I always tried to say for every Jamaican I met, only to incorrectly recite the first verse and then stop because I did not know the whole poem. As I recited it and got to the end I emphatically articulated the words "BY GOD AND DIS BIG RIGHT HAN, YOU MUS RECOGNIZE A BANANA MAN!" We roared with laughter. A bolt of energy ran through my soul. The story of the banana man was so familiar to me. I knew Banana men, not in Jamaica, but in Dominica where I lived for a while. I must continue, I said to myself. I wanted to read more. The night continued with me reading Langston Hughes "Salvation." It was like the cherry on the cake. The story of the boy waiting to be saved, brought me so much laughter that if I had a miserable neighbour, they would either join in with me or called the cops. We lighted up with so much delight at the readings that I slept like a baby that night.



Laughter is good medicine!


Scientists are finding out that it is infectious and the sound of laughter is more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. When shared, it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. God knew all the time that laughter is good for our soul. Proverbs 17:22 says "a merry heart doeth good like medicine." Ecclesiastes 3:4 says "there is a time for everything under the sun. A time to laugh, a time to mourn and and time to dance."

So laugh away my friend, because like Milton Berle said so well, "Laughter is an instant vacation." So today, give yourself a break and take a vacation. LAUGH!

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