LAUGH

Praise and acknowledgment is not at all important though necessary to know and remind us that these heroes or saints do exist. There is no greater gift than having it like winning a noble prize or be acclaimed for your hard work and efforts to save the world. But it isn't really saving the world but yourself. It isn't loving others but yourself and taking care of yourself so as to care and love others like what you do to you and no one else. You realize how simple things such as kissing your daughter to sleep or getting a hug from a friend can mean a lot when you are alone or ill or near death.

Life is not just being alive just because.. but being alive for, in spite of, etc. We live to make new memories and experience good or bad moments, strange or magical mysteries and more…

Living is not just breathing, but to some breathing means they are still here to make things happen and make a change. But to me, getting up every morning is a blessing. Working out and meditating, saying I love you to people I love and doing every little thing for God's glory is the most wonderful gift I can receive and realize today, tomorrow and always. In trials, pains, challenges and defeats or failures, remember just one thing in mind…

Breathe. Live. Do. Make a change. Make a difference. Save someone. Love. Laugh. Have fun. Make memories….and more.

LAUGH

Smiling is the best medicine to fight against sadness. Laughter is the best cure for illness and anxiety.

We laugh when we feel happy and heard a joke that cracked us up. We are joyful when we found out our friend is pregnant and or a relative graduated from college, so on. All these are blessings we receive daily and as I have mentioned on my first chapter about Life, living is making our lives worth the while of ourselves and others.

I have worked and earned when I was younger but never thought that my health is more important than drinking heaps of cups of coffee and working on grave yard shifts or eating late with my meals since I was so caught up with my job, it seems more important than even going to take a piss at the loo.

But I was wrong. Taking good care of my body is more valuable that my job, my career or my love life after all. Now after 40 years, I have finally realized that but it isn't too late and I can still correct my mistakes of overworking my ass off and neglecting my responsibility to love my self, first and foremost.

We laugh at comedy films, laugh when our child says a funny joke or feel hilarious when a friend slips and bumps on something out of nowhere. Well that's not really funny though!, Hehe! But having fun with everything we do in life, whether we're just cooking or cleaning the house, we can make it meaningful for we do these out of love for our family, friends or coworkers. Making someone happy and making them laugh is the best thing one can do for a love one who lost her dad, a friend who failed with his examination to be accepted in college or a colleague who didn't get her promotion, so on and so forth.

It is not the end to try again to pass an exam, or move on from past hurt or loss and it is never too late to get the promotion you wanted but working harder and better to accomplish your goal in your work life. It is not too late my friend, as long as we are still breathing and have breathe in our lungs, don't give up!.

I have had a surgery twenty years ago due to colonoscopy since I had polyps inside my colon and couldn't take a bowel (poop!, sorry for the term) then. But after that, everything went fine, I lived a normal life and my asthma controlled. But this past few months, I felt a little pain in my anal part every time I poop!, So I checked it and felt there's a wart or tiny skin a size of a lentil that is protruding near my butt hole and I feel burning sensation there and my gut. I googled everything about polyp, wart, anal and what surgery plus the medication I can take at home to take that skin off or just peel it off in future. Well, still working on that one, but I know it'll be fine and I will survive this.

Now, would I feel sad or worried? Well, to tell you honestly, I don't know how to feel. And I can't cry or show any emotion since I am busy thinking of what I can do to make myself well and take this as a challenge, yet again, after my quarantine. However, my questions were answered now that I know why I felt sick all the time before or when I feel a mix of body temperatures inside my body every day. It is because of this tiny pimple, or whatever you call this in my butt hole. Haha! I know what you're thinking, No, I never had sex with anyone and never had a anal s.. too for I have been celibate for six years now. It was also stated that having warts or polyps may be a result of STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) if one doesn't use protection when having sexual intercourse. Sorry to burst your bubbles! But I haven't been with a partner and surely don't want to have one now. But, I talk with my special someone online, so does online oral s.. count? Hehe! Kidding! And it is a funny thing to say too that maybe I am just too paranoid and what if the inflammation near my butt hole is simply hemmorhoid or a swelling of some sort!? But of course I will not erase other possibilities, yet, I have faith that God already knew what I will learning out of my experience in isolation and what I will be going through right this very minute. I am grateful for my Endocrine doctor messaged me that maybe it is indeed just a hemorrhoid and can be treated immediately. I said to him, the swelling part popped out and I can feel the skin but I don't know when it'll peel off though. Hmm! Anyway, back to my chapter.

I think as it says on my research I should've followed a check-up after five years of colonoscopy, so I would have known what to do in case this happens again. So, no or less red meat for me, I should eat beans and more of vegetables and fruits for fiber intake and no sweat bowel movements. Moreover, I also think that I may have wrongly assumed about it too. Let's see if home medications will work for my present dilemma. Okay, it's about it for my life story, it is not really something to laugh about but I am laughing now though my ass is on fire, literally burning from the vapor rub I put to ease the pains. Ehem! Excuse me, now, let's proceed to ….

Laughter. What makes you laugh? Even if you're sad or feeling pain you can always laugh and be happy. When you are suffering and crying, you can wallow away in tears but after letting the grief go, believe that everything will clear up in your life and you can smile and make yourself happy by laughing.

Happiness is inside, in the heart and sometimes our minds or thoughts wander why or ask why this is happening to me or my family, my country or the world. Not everything in the world or in your head can be explained. A lot of times the mystery of life and happiness lie on the unlimited wisdom of God. Sometimes we ask why did this pandemic come? Or why did my business go bankrupt or why did my boyfriend leave me with another girl or why did my mother die? and more. We can only wait patiently and live our life today with purpose, and the answers will come in time. Maybe the solution or answer will come, not at the present moment, but sooner or later it might.

Laugh every time, smile always and live life every minute of the day with much joy that the memory lasts for a lifetime. It is better to remember our days here on earth sharing love, joy and inspiration to our love ones, friends, nation and the world than pain and problems, right!. Sometimes when we no longer have answers or solutions to a problem or situation, maybe it's time to let go and let God do the thinking, worrying or healing for you. Anyway, He never fails and never abandons, so, why not! Let Him touch and heal you, your body and soul to become a new being to spread goodness and light to everyone you meet. Let's say this short prayer with me please:

"I am yours Lord. Heal me and make me new inside and out. You are the only one who can cure me of my illness, problem or worry. You Lord, are my strength, healer, provider and master. I give my life to you now and offer everything that I am and every nerve, tendon, fiber, bone, muscle, part of my body, mind, heart and soul. I believe and I receive your healing now. I am totally new, like wine put in a new wine skin. I feel you touch me and my whole being cured as I was in my mother's womb. Reborn, renewed and replenished. Forever I will glorify you in my life always. Amen."