"The secret to happiness is die-jesting"

It was not my intention to make this blog a sales pitch for products of any kind nor was it my intention to talk about what's going on in my life presently. As the original purpose of this blog is just to share funny quotes that I have said or that have been said to me through the years. But I have been reading a good book lately ( I usually read several at a time), this one is called "Duck Soup for the Soul: The Way to Living Louder and Laughing Longer" by Swami Beyondananda. Here's a brief passage of where that quote originated from :

" I could contain myself no longer. 'Oh, Garment Centered One,' I blurted out, 'what is the secret of happiness?'

'Digesting,' he said, his mouth full, barely looking up from the plate.

'That's it? Just sitting here and eating food is the secret of happiness?' I asked, greatly disappointed.

'Who said anything about food?' he replied. 'I said the secret of happiness is die-jesting. We all gotta die someday, so we might as well die jesting. And since you never really know when the grin reaper may show up, I suggest you start jesting now."

lol I"m smiling now as I type this. If that passage doesn't leave a smile on the person's face then obviously there's something wrong there. I don't think I have ever come across a phrase that sums up so perfectly how I see life should be like. More specifically, my life.

Everyone wants to be happy in life. There's no arguing that. However, I believe that very few know how to laugh at themselves. Contrary to popular beliefs, I am still a human being. So of course I have my moments and days there I forget to die-jest, if you will. But then I usually am back to my happy go attitude shortly after.

I have this book called "14,000 To Be Happy About", and it's not really a book per se it's more like a collection/lists of some of the most random things you could think of like "ice cream", "paper clips", "keys". I wouldn't go as far as to say that reading that makes me happy, but it does bring a smile to my face nevertheless. And I do think that I try to approach my life and the things that happen in it with the same kind of silly off the wall take on it. To some I may come off as too silly and irrational (although I do think I may be one of the most rational people you'll come across). I think it's alot like politics, I once read that the problems with politics is that you're right but no one knows it. Well the problem with life is that it's your joke but not everyone gets the punchline.

I say the hell with it all! If I were sitting at a round table with a group of people right now I'd make a toast to die-jesting. Bon appetit!