Laughing for the Fun of it

As a teenager in Melbourne I recall many moments when I burst out laughing

 for no reason. 

I’d sit at the dinner table and would start to laugh.  I’d be on the phone

laughing. I’d be on a tram coming home from school with a group of girls and

we’d laugh and laugh for no reason.  Nothing triggered it.  We just laughed and

 laughed.  When someone asked why are you laughing?  We started a new wave

of non- stop laughter.

The laughter sessions continued for a few years.  Those were pleasurable and

unforgettable times.

Years later when some of the same girls met up we tried to figure out why did

we laugh so much and what was the reason.

We came to the conclusion that it was “for the fun of it”.  We each realized

that years have passed.  We all had many stories to tell and share but most

important was that we lost the fun and pleasure we had in laughing.

So then and there we decided as a group of close friends to meet up regularly

and LAUGH!

and we did – ha! ha! ha! 

Miriam Broder