From the Jack’s Winning Words blog comes this piece of advice from Tim Conway – “I’ve never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life, because I really enjoy making other people enjoy it.”
Tim Conway was my favorite cast member on the old Carol Burnett show. He portrayed many clueless characters and often brought the other cast members to tears of laughter during routines that they were trying hard to get through. What a great philosophy for life – to have fun by helping others have fun.
Most of us need to lighten up a bit (some a lot) in our lives and stop taking ourselves so seriously. Very few things in life are truly life or death situations and even in those cases there is humor to be found, if one looks with the right attitude. The heavy burdens that we think we are bearing in life are often of our own making. Some of us are way too critical of ourselves and way too serious about things that mean little to others. We beat ourselves up more often than life deals us real blows.
So; before we start out on a new week, perhaps we should lighten up and give ourselves
a break. Then, maybe we can start to enjoy life more. I’ve posted here several times that taking a little time for prayer first thing in the morning is a great way to start your day. It’s a little easier to face the day in a good mood, once you have gotten yourself right with God and accepted His forgiveness and love in return. Maybe then you can focus upon making others’ day better, too.
There are many ways to share the good news of Jesus and God. One of the best is to be a living example of the happiness that comes with acceptance of God in your life. You don’t have to go around preaching all day or standing on a soapbox loudly proclaiming God’s 
love – just show it in the way that you live and the way that you interact with others. The message will get across.
Lighten up and enjoy the week ahead. Makes a few more people smile.
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