Laughter

People have told me that my laugh is uninhibited: that it's very sincere and just bursts out. This sounds good in theory, but I tend to be the kind of person that laughs louder and longer than others as well. When you're done laughing and there's still that one person who can't stop, or when someone tells a joke and one person thinks it's hilarious and bursts out laughing: that's me. My laughter has plauged my life with awkwardness, but at the same time, I am discovering that it's also a blessing to a select few. Those people that no one thinks are funny: I think they're funny and I hope that my awkward laughter brings them some semblance of confidence and self worth. I hope that my breaking of the norm gives others the notion that they can be free to react honestly and sillilly. Some people feel that their reactions have to be a certain way so that they can be normal and accepted: I hope that my honest laughter can help them feel acceptance in being free. I guess that I hope that in being myself, others will feel more free to be themselves as well. This idea makes me feel much better about my uninhibited laughing patterns.

Picture no longer pending. Brendon Perkins. Nine months after I posted this, how on earth did you know that this is what I was looking for?

2/21/11

"Laughter.." by Harishaa on Flickr