I remember the day I lost my job at the end of 1999. As if it were yesterday. I had been given the boot.
Jump!
Our department had obviously become ‘expendable.’ Large numbers of people got the bullet that same day, but I was the only one with a Cheshire cat grin on my face. My colleagues were sure I had lost my marbles. From their perspective they were right.
I felt liberated!
I left the office and was heading for the parking lot together with my next-cubicle colleague, who concluded, “You must be insane!” This after I shared with him that I wasn’t the least bit worried about ‘unemployment’, and that I had plunked down [click to continue…]
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“Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.” – Bill Watterson (author of Calvin & Hobbes)
The now-famous Gorilla Test is a comedic, amusing, funny, laughable, little experience while you’re a spectator, watching it from a distance. It’s an altogether different experience when the beast shows up in your life. You’ll find that pointing at the invisible gorilla is not a fun thing to do when people who lack a sense of humor are involved. If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you’re not much of a person. Life rule: don’t mingle with humorless people.
“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.“ – Albert Camus
After an accident, the difference between feeling upbeat and being cranky ultimately boils down to whether you dwell on what went wrong, or you remember what was right before the accident. When my grandparents died, I inherited a plaque (pictured on the right) which loosely translated says, “Bright Moments – Don’t Cry Over Their Passing. Smile To Have Known Them.” Why the plaque ended up with me, one of many grand-kids, I’ll never know. I’m just upbeat it did.
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