Sunday 28 December 2014

Father Leo’s Daily Meditation #essentialsofrecovery.com #Recovery #humour

 28
December 

HUMOR


“Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.”— Romain Gary

Today I laugh at myself. Today I need to laugh at myself in order to stay sane. Today I choose not to take myself too seriously.

When I tell jokes about the alcoholic, I am not belittling the person. I am making fun of the disease that nearly killed me. For me to live with the disease, I need to be able to laugh at the disease in this way I stop it from having power in my life.

Also I catch something of the symptoms of the disease in the jokes: the grandiosity, arrogance, manipulation, insanity, ego, selfishness and exaggeration. The joke allows me to face reality with a smile.

O God, thank You for the healing gift of humor.


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