I'll occasionally leave you with a joke. This will usually be related to cancer, or some other source of stress in our lives.
Laughter sets the spirit free to move through even the most tragic circumstances.
It helps us shake our heads clear, get our feet back under us and restore our sense of balance and purpose. Humor is integral to our peace of mind and ability to go beyond survival. Many Americans captured during the war in Vietnam were held as prisoners for years. Captain Gerald Coffee, who spent seven years in a POW camp in Vietnam, has said that the POWs were generally kept isolated in an attempt to break their spirit. They managed to keep their spirits up, however, by tapping on the wall of fellow prisoners and telling jokes in Morse code.