The Gift of Lightheartedness

What would you do if you couldn't laugh with your friends?  Laughter is surely a healing, restorative part of the fun that comes with friendship.  It's laughter that lubricates our irratations, that releases our tensions, that feeds our joy.  Whether it comes from gentle teasing or funny anecdotes or cartoons clipped from the paper or just silliness and giggles, it's the laughter that helps keep things warm and joyful even in the midst of pain.
The ability to be silly together adds a special quality to the fun in any friendship.  That's because it takes a lot of trust to let down your guard and act a little undignified , even with someone you love.  When you feel free to act absolutely goofy with a friend, you understand most fully the freedom a friendship can grant.
Think about it.   When was the last time you grabbed a friend and went to the park to swingor shared impersonations of people you both know or sat down on the floor and colored to your heart's content or bought yourself balloons to carry through the mall.  When was the last time you found yourself really giggling?
Count yourself blessed if you have a friend who doesn't mind that kind of silliness or, even better, who wants to do it with you.
For that matter, count yourself blessed for all the fun you have with your friends!

This is from the book titled The Twelve Teas of Friendship

Traveling Tea with Jesus prays you have a blessed and fun Wednesday!