To be repeated each morning before you go out into the world and each evening after you have had enough of it!!
10. I use my humor for positive, playful, uplifting, healing and loving purposes.
9. I take myself lightly while I take my work seriously.
8. I always understand that humor is fun, so I am rarely offended by other’s attempts at humor. Life is too short anyway!
7. I laugh out loud every day and express my humor physically, using my whole face and with my entire body.
6. I understand humor is not to camouflage hostility or prejudice.
5. I laugh generously at other’s attempts to be humorous because I believe that laughter is a treasured gift.
4. I have a disciplined sense of joy in being alive. My good sense of humor helps to keep me joyful in a true and honest way.
3. My good judgment keeps me from using offensive humor.
2. I am a terrific at using humor to cope, to survive, to heal, to grow and to pass on loving-kindness.
1. At the end of the day, I look back and know that I laughed lovingly, fully and well and that I was able to see the absurdities in life and turn them into something to laugh about.
Larry Miller was the headliner that night. After the show he asked if he could talk to me. He said, “You don’t need to be dirty, because that’s not who you are. Tell the stories of your family. That’s funny and that’s truth. Dirty won’t advance your career, but funny will.” It was great advice. He said, “Be honest. Be yourself. Be Funny.” Larry went on to have a very successful career acting in The Princess Diaries, Boston Legal, Pretty Woman, The nutty Professor and more. I never forgot his advice or his kindness.
