Laugh at the Days to Come

This is an original post written by contributing writer Daenel Vaughn-Tucker.

The bills are piling up, the kids are fighting, the husband is getting on my last good nerve and I just want to collapse on the floor in a ball and cry…  We’ve all had those days (and if you haven’t, wait, it’ll come).  So how do you renew yourself when you really want to just disappear?

You laugh. I’ll wait why you ponder this….

Yes, I said you laugh.  Not like a maniac (which I’m sure is what it’ll sound like initially) but like a woman who has heard a good joke.  I know you’ve heard the saying “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” well, it’s true.  There are things that are going to happen in our lives that we simply cannot control, so the only thing we can do is laugh and move on.

I draw my inspiration from Proverbs 31:25*, which states: “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”  This passage is a small part of a section that describes the character of a noble wife and whether you are a believer or not, isn’t it wonderful to think of yourself as a woman of strength and dignity who can laugh at the craziness of everyday life?  So next time you feel like you’re carrying the burdens of the world on your shoulders and your husband is complaining because you can’t find your “mojo” and the kids are wiping their noses on your skirt ~ laugh, long and hard.  You’ll feel better, I promise.

Daenel Vaughn-Tucker is a wife, mom, grandmother, librarian and history instructor, who has a quirky sense of humor and an unnatural obsession with coffee, shoes, handbags and pop culture.  She lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania with her husband, children and Squeekerz, a Jack Russell Terrier-Chihuahua mix.

You can read more from Daenel at her blogs:  Curious Child’s Library Wanderings and Living Outside the Stacks.

*Taken from the New International Version of the Bible