Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

too serious

"All misery of this world comes from the fact that people take themselves too seriously."

Thomas Theodor Heine

Monday, October 02, 2006

Peace (& Humor)

Peace is elemental to Emotional Balance; in fact, it fundamentally impacts the health of the whole person.

“A heart at peace gives life to the body,

but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30 (NIV)

The ancient Hebrew idea of shalom connoted wholeness and well-being: physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual. It’s this sort of peace that Jesus promised his followers in John 14:27.

For me, one way of cultivating peace is to practice nonviolence: interior (toward my own soul), interpersonal (toward other souls), and environmental (toward creation’s soul).

And I’ve found that the power of Humor mustn’t be underestimated in these pursuits. Laughter is not a luxury; it’s impossible to engage the fullness of life without it.


Copyright Scott Burnett 2006