Keeping a Sense of Humor in these Troubled Times

It has gotten to the point where I avoid the daily news on TV, look away from the newspaper's headlines, and dread opening up my computer's home page each morning. Bad news keeps getting worse, doom and gloom are societies most popular couple, and there is no real incentive to even get out of bed each morning. To make the steepest economic downturn in seventy years even worse, most expects are predicting we haven't even come close to hitting the bottom and it may take three or more years to spiral out of this.

While I do admit things are bad, getting consumed in it is counter productive. Most everything that has gone wrong is completely out of your own control. Even if you did make some unwise financial decisions in the past, it is far to late to undo them now. One thing you can control is your attitude and your outlook. An extremely important aspect of this is keeping your sense of humor. While we are all facing some pretty serious stuff, fight the urge to take it too seriously. Take time out of each day to laugh. Go on the Internet and seek out things that are funny and when you do find something, send it to everyone you know. Make it a point to watch some comedy shows on TV. There is enough drama in the real world, why surround yourself with more when you are trying to relax. Buy a book of jokes and entertain your family and friends. Most importantly develop the ability to laugh at yourself.

It appears that we have a long dark road to go down until we get to the light of day. You can choose to walk it with your head down and a frown on your face, or with your head up high, smiling and laughing. We all have gone through hard times in the past. It simply comes down to how do you want to get through this current rough patch.