It is an emotional reality that life can bear the hallmarks of a tragedy. We are born under duress and many pass away under intense distress.
Yet the tragedy of life can be redeemed through comedy. Humor is a testament of the human spirit to triumph over trauma. What we can laugh at we can see past, and when we can see past the pain and witness promise, we can survive and thrive under any duress. Laughter is a sustained protest against despair in the name of hope. When we are despondent and depressed, when we feel downtrodden and broken – the only thing stronger than the agony of tears is the love of laughter.
To laugh is to hope. For humor is the supreme way to maintain sanity in the darkness of travesty, and sometimes in an inhumane world, it is G-d’s gift to humanity.
2014