Make 'em laugh

In the iconic musical, Singin’ in the Rain, Donald O’Connor sings "Make ‘em laugh" by dancing a complicated routine while flailing about a stage set. It’s choreographed in such a way that the audience can’t refrain from smiling while watching his over-the-top moves.

Although I don't swing around with a dummy or do backflips off of walls to make others laugh, I try my best to keep them entertained.

Whenever I want to make myself laugh, I look in the mirror. The reason why I do that isn’t because my face is funny (actually, it’s hilarious), but because of what it means to me.

Whenever I look at the eyes, nose, lips, and lines, I can recall the past. Some of those events were hysterical, while others embarrassing. But, they're all entertaining, in a tragic-comic kind of way.

Even on my saddest days, there’s plenty of fodder to dissipate depressive thoughts. Of course, there is the occasional time when I look and well up in tears (usually because I find another white hair), but those are few and far in-between.

Because if you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at… except other people?