tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post8896300692470733189..comments2023-10-10T03:04:15.570-07:00Comments on Grace was Calling and I Didn't Pick up: Funny Thing ReduxKathy M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-54051376942737815722010-06-26T19:16:28.705-07:002010-06-26T19:16:28.705-07:00those garden party voices live in my head too! i&#...those garden party voices live in my head too! i'm still a little bit funny... i think. but i am way too serious also. great post!Mia M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07923728580585181770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-31442404322010627172010-06-25T15:19:12.675-07:002010-06-25T15:19:12.675-07:00I'm one of those people that immediately makes...I'm one of those people that immediately makes a joke if things get serious. Definitely a defense mechanism.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-72837004030490183972010-06-25T14:35:30.617-07:002010-06-25T14:35:30.617-07:00Instead of waitng for happiness to find me, I spen...Instead of waitng for happiness to find me, I spend each day finding happiness.<br /><br />Wonderful blog!VJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009110521934666163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-158305805979830442010-06-25T06:23:36.921-07:002010-06-25T06:23:36.921-07:00hi kathy~ another great post :) i can very much re...hi kathy~ another great post :) i can very much relate to the feeling of being really serious. in fact, i used to feel angry when people would joke around. i grew up in an environment where people told offensive "jokes" and used humor to shock and upset people, because they thought THAT was funny. so i grew up with anger connected to "humor." it wasn'tuntil i went to college, away from my family, and finally met actual friends and like-minded souls, that i finally found my own sense of humor. it's somewhat unique (i haven't found many people who seem to laugh at the things i think are funny), but that doesn't matter. i'm ok with that. i'm just glad i finally discovered my laugh :) <br /><br />i read something the other day, that part of our healing can include making sure each day to schedule in some time for laughter. maybe watch a favorite sitcom, or read a funny cartoon you love each day. that if we actually not only give ourselves permission to laugh, but actually make it enough of a priority to include it in each day, that we'll be happier in general :) i thought that was a great idea. so now, if i go all day and realize i haven't laughed yet, i try to take care of that "need." <br /><br />wishing you well!~me as i amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709343968813770150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-51798547279431384972010-06-25T05:49:06.478-07:002010-06-25T05:49:06.478-07:00In a way, when I step back and examine my life- th...In a way, when I step back and examine my life- there is such irony, it is funny. I find humor the best medicine, the easiest form of deflection and oddly, the quickest way to face reality! I laugh because it is acceptable, to cry is weakness to others. I love your blogs, I love your insight! Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077543333463085837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-77795739427681349722010-06-25T03:09:28.367-07:002010-06-25T03:09:28.367-07:00Howdy!
ya got to laugh at lest once aday, to make ...Howdy!<br />ya got to laugh at lest once aday, to make it a good day! <br /><br />something I have heard all my life,( laugh and people will laugh with ya, cry and ya cry alone)<br /><br />ya have a very good day! ya heard :)jelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468151130326112121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-90499702513351176422010-06-24T17:29:47.898-07:002010-06-24T17:29:47.898-07:00I had a job interview years ago and was asked what...I had a job interview years ago and was asked what I do for fun... I replied "scrapbooking". I got the job!<br />Can so relate to the garden party - that made me laugh (notice the "fun"?).<br />Al-Anon is teaching me so much to see the glass as half-full. I've also found by just praising God my outlook can improve.<br /><br />Loved both this post and the archive post.<br />God bless.Heather's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323023399443964827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-3602602029417788822010-06-24T16:00:00.396-07:002010-06-24T16:00:00.396-07:00You have such a following here... and yet like me,...You have such a following here... and yet like me, you seem to question who is reading. It is a common thing - this sense that what we do is not worthy or maybe just not appreciated. But I find so much in your blog. I love reading it. There is always something of value...<br /><br />Humor is something I need to think more about. I'm pretty sure they do not have meetings on that topic in CoDA - or at least I have not come across one yet.Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-78135491916519422802010-06-24T08:48:34.732-07:002010-06-24T08:48:34.732-07:00Sounds like a really great meeting!Sounds like a really great meeting!Bar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-4501196652040872402010-06-24T06:19:56.230-07:002010-06-24T06:19:56.230-07:00One of the first meetings I used to go to was in a...One of the first meetings I used to go to was in a room right next door to an AA meeting hall. Their meeting started a half hour before ours, and by the time we were solemnly saying the Serenity Prayer, the meeting next door was buzzing with raucous laughter. Many of our attendees were appalled that 'they' could laugh when we had been so damaged by "their" behavior. Being new I kept my mouth shut, but I wanted to say, "I hope one day we sound alot more like they do, and much less like a somber group of martyrs wallowing in our own pity party!". Luckily I found my way into a different group, and we laugh all the time - at ourselves, with each other, and at the irony of life. I'm having a much better time now. Thanks for your share!Hummingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805638394135632906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-48368268295655024822010-06-24T06:01:04.237-07:002010-06-24T06:01:04.237-07:00Kathy-
Delightful post...life is too short to not...Kathy-<br /> Delightful post...life is too short to not laugh, laugh, laugh.<br /><br /> "We are sure God wants us to be happy, Joyous and Free!!"<br /><br /> xoxoxAkanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-39753532422454152182010-06-23T18:38:16.199-07:002010-06-23T18:38:16.199-07:00Kathy,
Believe it or not I used to be "so ser...Kathy,<br />Believe it or not I used to be "so serious" and depressed. The first forty years of my life were serious and now the next 40 plus are going to be joyful. He changed my name from Super Serious one To Joyful One. I am learning to laugh at myself and life alot more. <br /><br />It is a nice change.<br /><br />Halelujah, what a saviour!<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TammyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-83618074639817614212010-06-23T16:56:53.209-07:002010-06-23T16:56:53.209-07:00I love what you said about the committee and what ...I love what you said about the committee and what they wanted you to share at meetings--mine works overtime, too. Eventually there's too much there and my sharing comes out all jumbled. A lot of times I go first for that reason :-)<br /><br />I took myself way to seriously before I started going to meetings. The change was gradual, but when people started pointing it out (some in a positive manner, some not too pleased with the differences) all of a sudden I realized I was taking more chances and life was more fun.Kathy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593849691667606991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-88033082930862624122010-06-23T16:54:54.942-07:002010-06-23T16:54:54.942-07:00Delighted to meet you today. I hope you don't...Delighted to meet you today. I hope you don't mind if I splash around a bit to get to know you better. This looks like a delightful place to slip off my shoes and splash around.<br /><br />Splashin,<br />SaraSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295906251145450659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-12877265473714565372010-06-23T16:36:34.078-07:002010-06-23T16:36:34.078-07:00I also think that I am way serious too. Yet, I hav...I also think that I am way serious too. Yet, I have a very funny side. I can lose my sense of humor though and come off feeling sad. Alcoholism isn't very funny, is it? Now there are moments of great peace and good humor. I'm grateful for those moments.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-33136757462715319142010-06-23T16:32:22.570-07:002010-06-23T16:32:22.570-07:00I can so relate. Humor and making light of a situ...I can so relate. Humor and making light of a situation has a lot of the time been my M.O. to cover up my pain. Great post Kathy, thank you.Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-28706149557785219082010-06-23T15:11:17.088-07:002010-06-23T15:11:17.088-07:00I have a gift of humor in that I can use it to mak...I have a gift of humor in that I can use it to make the people I love laugh. I can use it to lighten moods and dissolve sadness. However, when I am alone, it is rare that I laugh. It is rare that I find things funny, let alone funny enough to break a smile. <br /><br />Unfortunately, my humor does not help lighten my moods or dissolve my sadness. That would be too easy.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-49875993855116813352010-06-23T15:04:12.041-07:002010-06-23T15:04:12.041-07:00I can see why you wanted to share this again, it g...I can see why you wanted to share this again, it gives me hope:) I use humor to protect myself at times, but I have noticed that I am not saying "yes" to things lately and I am a bit more serious. This post was very useful in pointing those things out to me as I didn't realize it so much, just thought I was getting older!The neverending battle of child's opiate addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138779247145438268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-42163370805938771102010-06-23T14:25:26.517-07:002010-06-23T14:25:26.517-07:00I look forward to the time in my recovery when I a...I look forward to the time in my recovery when I am called "silly". Great post. The bit about as happy as we choose to be is so true. <br /><br />It's strange to me - once we give up trying to control others, we are given much more control/choice. I get to control how I react. I get to choose happiness. Recovery, even in my early stages, is wonderful.Roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440676304336222503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-17013985390916290762010-06-23T14:18:22.456-07:002010-06-23T14:18:22.456-07:00Wow, your quote from Abraham Lincoln is conviction...Wow, your quote from Abraham Lincoln is conviction. I need to keep that before me as a reminder. <br /><br />I think I'm way serious when it comes to myself and others say I beat myself up. ???<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br />BethBeth in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492590083823556624noreply@blogger.com