off the record

all this bullshit life has an antidote &

it’s really quite simple---

you don’t need to make good with the guy/gal that most recently wronged you

(people come, people go = fact of life)

don’t got to make good with your parents if they have never tried to do the same for you

(spare the drama & spoil the heartache)

don’t got ta make a new friend to fill some void you conjured up in your head

(we’re always more likeable than we know) &

you don’t got to go & buy a million things

to show the world you have property &

(mo’ money, mo’ problems)

you don’t need spend an eternity worrying about what happens after death

(the most peaceful moment in your life is when it all ends = absence of strife) &

ya got no time to labor over whose government is in the right on what day or

whose religion made a good point about something

(they’re all bullshit & they’ll all fade away with time + effort),

no, all ya need is

laughter

(lennon told us it was love, but you know, it was the late 60’s so we can forgive him)---

for it is laughter in the face of the worst possible events

that will get us through

laughter together with others can bring a room full of people

from depression to a feeling of hope as defined by the

moment---

laughter & laughter alone

can cure our ailments---

it can make us live longer &

bring a smile to our faces when there seems to be

absolutely no reason for such a reaction.