Not Everything in Life is Funny (standard:humor, 903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 03 2026	Views/Reads: 0/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
To me, no medicine is better than a “merry heart.” Sometimes it takes effort to have a merry heart, but it's worth it in the long run. The real challenge is knowing what I believe is funny. Sometimes I laugh at the wrong thing and suffer for it.

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the kitchen, and there was no way I could sneak in and get a cookie. So 
when I came into the kitchen, I looked back down the hallway and said, 
“Oh, is that a cockroach down the hallway?” 

I sounded serious, so she got up to get that cockroach while I sneaked
across the kitchen and picked out one more sugar-free cookie without 
being caught. 

Coming back into the kitchen, she said, “I guess it got away because I
can't find it.” 

After she said that, she looked at me, looked at the box of sugar-free
cookies, and then looked back at me. She wasn't smiling; she was 
scowling and growling. She just stood there quietly for several 
minutes, just staring. 

I tried, but I couldn't control myself, and I started laughing. 

Then she said, “What do you think is so funny?” 

“Oh, nothing,” I said, trying to control myself, “I was just thinking of
a joke.” 

Still scowling, she stared at me and said, “I think I know what joke you
were thinking of.” 

At this point, I was going to ask her to explain what she meant because
I was afraid she had caught me. But the laughter was worth it. And I 
enjoy laughter; it seems to lift my spirit. 

Reflecting on this, I was reminded of one of my favorite Bible verses.
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth 
the bones" (Proverbs 17:22). 

To me, no medicine is better than a “merry heart.” Sometimes it takes
effort to have a merry heart, but it's worth it in the long run. The 
real challenge is knowing what I believe is funny. Sometimes I laugh at 
the wrong thing and suffer for it.


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