Laughter is the best medicine/our differences

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They say laughter is the best medicine and I really couldn't agree more. It's my sense of humor that keeps me going some days. When I feel like things are difficult I find myself joking about it because sometimes laughter is very therapeutic. My husband always told me it was my sense of humor that drew him in even if he refuses to laugh at some of my jokes I won't hold it against him (I know they're funny). As someone who was always viewed as different growing up I was sort of an old soul I guess. I didn't relate to many of the things that kids my age did. I liked some of the same things but I also loved 50s and 60s music and old movies. My favorite TV show growing up was "I Love Lucy" and I watched all of the black and white TV shows and movies. I listened to The Beatles and Johnny Cash among other bands and singers most of the kids I went to school with knew nothing about. I was not someone most kids understood. Those things that made me so different are part of the reason I had to learn to form a sense of humor to make some things more bearable. I was far from athletic and was always the last kid picked for anything sports related and when I was much younger I had issues with learning or at least I thought I did something I later learned was because I didn't try and that I actually learn a lot of things with ease when I actually try. I could memorize answers word for word when taking tests, but early on I didn't know I was capable of these things I felt stupid and it's in this time period I learned to have a sense of humor. I joked about the things that I was uncomfortable with about myself and I learned to laugh instead of cry and I found humor in situations I had no control over. I learned it was ok to be different and I learned laughter helped me cope. When I'm having a bad day sometimes I find a way to laugh about it and make myself feel better. It's that sense of humor that makes me who I am. I can come off as serious if you don't know me but those closest to me know my sense of humor and appreciate it. I used to joke I would be a comedian if only people understood my jokes and I didn't get serious stage fright. That being said don't be afraid of being who you are. We are all different no two of us are exactly alike not even identical twins are 100 percent alike. It's ok to be you and it's ok to laugh about things. Life is too short to be serious all the time. If that's who you are then you be you but I personally like to find the humor in it all. I've been joking around with my husband today trying to lighten up his day I know things have been extremely difficult on him lately but at the end of the day, you just have to do what you have to do and move forward. For me, it's my sense of humor that gets me through. I am who I am and I like the things I like and I no longer feel bad about it the way I did as a kid. I didn't have a lot of friends growing up but I found the right friends. I befriended the other kids who others considered weird or different and while we may have been "weirdos" we were probably some of the nicest people you could meet. They were by far some of the best friends I could ask for growing up. I laughed harder with them than I probably ever have in my life. They got me in a way others didn't and I got them in that same way. We were different from each other but we were ok with that and respected those differences in the way others didn't. If it weren't for my differences I never would have learned to accept the differences in others and learn to appreciate those differences. I wouldn't be who I am today. In learning to laugh at the bad things in life I learned to cope and move forward. Laugher really is the best medicine sometimes. I have a few philosophies in life and this is one of mine among some others like be kind even when it hurts and be openminded and see things from another perspective. They're things I try to live by even though sometimes it's easier said than done. We are all prone to get angry from time to time or say things we don't mean and that's when I find laughter particularly useful, sometimes it's easier to crack a joke and cool yourself off than get uptight and angry and this has always been something that has helped.