We have a disease, and we’ve got it bad.
This disease is endemic and spreading to nearly everybody, but I don’t mean cancer or long COVID.
It impacts our happiness, workplaces, family discussions, politics, art, and our culture at large.
The disease?
Overseriousness.
The bad news is that letting it continue will ruin us. Its symptoms of fear, sadness, egocentricity, and anger will suck the life right out of each one of us.
The great news is that we have and know the cure, and it’s a very simple cure — let’s stop taking ourselves so darn seriously.
Crack a joke. Take a joke. Laugh at what’s funny.
Get out and run around. Fall down, and get back up. Laugh at yourself.
Be thankful for where you are today and the history that has created it.
Yes, all of it. Some of it has sucked. Some of it has been great. All of it has made you who you are today.
And who you are today is 100% amazing.
