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Saturday, June 7, 2014
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
The human brain forgets ninety percent of what goes on.
—Jan Milner
There were two women who shared a house and raised their daughters, two toddlers, together. Then one of the women got transferred to another city and moved with her daughter.
Ten years later, they had a reunion. The mothers asked their kids what they remembered about living together. Did they remember all the books? No. Did they remember a mom in the kitchen every morning, fixing eggs and toast? No.
What they remembered was playing in the pink bathtub for hours, pulling the pink shower curtain shut for privacy. And the morning the mothers sneaked in, turned off the lights, threw plastic cups and spoons over the curtain and cried, "It's raining spoons!" They laughed and laughed.
We are lucky in this life - our minds think laughter is what's worth remembering.
What laughter from yesterday can I remember today?
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Laughing at myself for taking on what is not mine, when I knew better.
Being able to laugh at yourself is a real gift. Look up Tradition 4. It says,
Do not take yourself so seriously.