Ahhh the comfort of Robert...

I discovered Robert Fulghum in the 7th grade. (I was never normal, not even as a child)
I simply adore his writing. I quote him allot. When I am having a really rough day or looking for a spot of inspiration. My books are so ear-marked and nasty it is almost time to buy new copies. I highly reccommend them. The below is something that a snippet of popped into my brain when driving home, so I "looked it up in its place"...


"To get through this life and see it realistically poses a problem. There is a dark, evil, hopeless side to life that includes suffering, death, and ultimate oblivion as our earth falls into a dying sun. Nothing really matters. On the other hand, the best side of our humanity finds us determined to make life as meaningful as possible NOW; to defy our fate. Everything matters. Everything. It is easy to become immobilized between these two points of view - to see them both so clearly that one cannot decide what to be or do. Laughter is what gives me forward motion at such intersections. We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be. Tears bring relief. Laughter brings release. Some years ago I came across a phrase in Greek - asbestos gelos - unquenchable laughter. I traced it to Homer's Iliad, where it was used to describe the laughter of the gods. That's my kind of laughter. And he who laughs, lasts."


Robert Fulghum (1937 - )
Source: It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It,