17 April 2008
Little Miss Sunshine
)Published on April 17th, 2008 @ 12:16:03 pm, using 267 words, 21 views
That question asked by someone helping to push a yellow van with a bad clutch and subsequently having to get on it while it’s moving.
That question asked by someone who not long before attempted suicide.
That question asked by someone in the company of a grandfather addicted to heroin, a teenager who’s taken a vow of silence, a wannabe self-help guru headed for failure and an adorable little girl who dreams of being a beauty queen yet clearly does not fit the profile.
That question asked in pure jest… in the spirit of fun… in an appreciation of irony… in an involuntary, unjustified, unquestioned moment of enjoyment.
A pretty high percentage of life tends to the ridiculous. It goes against what you had in mind, not to make you look ridiculous but in all likelihood, to add needed surprise. Since we always insist on hoping for the best… we have it coming. :D
Once faced with the ridiculous, we have a choice: to smile and see the fun in it. Or to take things too seriously and continue to focus on how we wish things were.
Once faced with the ridiculous, we can recoil in embarrassment, swell up with resentment OR embrace it all, laugh at ourselves - perhaps even rescue our souls in the process or at least make it so that a rescue is unnecessary.
Bask in the sunshine. Don’t miss it even when there’s little of it. :D
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