Learn to Laugh at Yourself!

What do you get when there are Four blondes at a four-way stop? Eternity!

Two Blondes were in a parking lot trying to unlock their car door with a coat hanger. First blonde: "I can't get this door unlocked!" Second Blonde: "Well you better hurry up! It's going to rain and the top's down."

I'm in a great mood today. The sun is shining, lunch was outside today, I'm remaining productive at work even though I can't stop staring out the window, it Friday......the list just goes on. So, I've been holding onto this post for a couple of weeks, waiting until the time is right and based on my mood today, it is.

Life Lesson 1 (who knows, this could become a series): Learn to Laugh At Yourself!

Because, let's face it, if you can't laugh at yourself, then you're probably a pretty miserable person.

I'm a natural blonde and as hard as I try not to fall into that stereotypical category, every now and again, I slip up. Maybe it's because I'm blonde, maybe it's because I'm a gemini and they tend to be "flakey," maybe it's just because that's the way God made me.

I tend to speak before I think, I'm tall and clumsy and memorization was never my strong suite. Sometimes things will come out of my mouth that even I will stop and think, "wait, what the hell are you talking about?"

I'm an English major that sucks at spelling, the golfer that occasionally let's her club slip out of her hands only to watch it land in the pond or on the roof of the club house, the wife that burns food. But in retrospect, all of these things are minor and who cares if I'm a little flakey....at least you get a good laugh when you're around me right?

I've considered dying my hair just so it doesn't seem so bad when I do these things but as my dad says, "that's just artificial intelligence. Plus, what happens if the fumes from the dye kill a few brain cells, then things will just get worse."

Why should you care about all this? Because I'm trying to prove a point so stop being impatient and just keep reading.

Here is my life lesson for you today. You are who you are. Stop trying to be like everyone else and just be comfortable with you. So what if you're not perfect, really, who is? And it's tiring trying to be perfect, or trying not to do silly things, or make mistakes. Be unapologetically you. And if those around you can't handle that, then they shouldn't be the individuals with whom you choose to spend time. And when you do something a little off kilter, just laugh it off and keep going.

That's my lesson for the day. Happy Easter Weekend!