Tacos and Tiaras

I'm just being all-zen-and-shit

Humor and Medicine

LAUGHING: It’s Funnier When Someone Snorts or Pees Just a Little

Divine Orchestration, Friendship, Gratitude, Happiness, Humor and Medicine, Kindness, Love, Simple Pleasures

“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A current Facebook trend.

The caption for my current profile pic on Facebook is:

Storytime But Not Blogworthy

When I was very young, my mom loved it when I laughed so hard that I wrinkled my nose like this. I had forgotten how much she loved my laugh. I feel grateful for the people in my life whose kind words brought out this memory of my mom. Thank you for all of your encouragement and support in my mission.

Yet here I am writing a blog post about LAUGHING because today is the “fifth heavenly birthday” of my friend, Connie, and she has been coming to mind A LOT since last week. I reckon it makes sense because of her birthday, but a bunch of nudges from different people have added up and brought me to this post.

Connie and I shared a favorite Facebook not-quite-a-meme meme:

“If you’re not going to snort, why bother laughing?”

– The Interwebz

In my previous post about smiling, I barely mentioned laughing. [In media res: just a moment ago, I received one sentence on Facebook messenger at which I laughed out loud and felt another nudge from Connie.] If I had not gotten out of my comfort zone and started posting videos on Instagram and TikTok, then I would not have received kind words, such as “I love your laugh” which carried me back to early memories with my mom.

And all of that feels magical. Yes, of course I see the logical flow of an action and its results, but I also believe coincidences do not exist and divine orchestration.

I love laughing, and I love people who make me laugh. I love people who remind me not to worry and that everything will be all right.

The most recent thing someone said that made me laugh hard out loud: “You’re hot, like, doughnut grease hot.” 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

So laugh. Make someone else laugh. Let YOUR light shine because we shine brighter together.

Luceat lux vestra.

Gimme Three Weeks

Compassion, Humor and Medicine, Kindness, Medical Things

“Creativity involves using your imagination and inventiveness. Your unique expression of yourself is your creativity… Creativity can be magic when visiting people who are ill.” – Patch Adams

Today is 4 December 2019. On 14 November, I started a new adventure in being all-zen-and-shit. This is just a quick post to say, “I’M BACK, BABY!”

I have had so much to write to both a general audience and to a specific audience, but making time to purge it all here has been difficult. The past three weeks have provided some serendipitous opportunities although calling any of this serendipity feels like a misnomer. I wasn’t looking for a dang thing, but another Divine Orchestration timed these events.

My upcoming series of blog posts will not be a chronological recounting of events. Some of it may seem like “Vaguebooking” because of lack of details, but much of my babbling has an essence that applies in varying situations. I would like to avoid getting focused on a symptom or ailment rather than viewing the heart of the matter.

Y’all best take some Dramamine because it’s quite likely that I’ll do that thing I do in which I have tangents and tangents of tangents. My goal (with a plan of course) is to start with the messages I feel will have the most impact. And I’ll probably have to throw in disclaimers throughout because this is me and my perspective from my own unique path. I am only one of your guideposts on your path, and I am hopeful that together we will help you to shine your own unique light brighter.

Luceat lux vestra.