- FDR Said it, not so long ago:
- The only thing we need to fear is fear itself!
- Fear isn't good for anyone's health.
- Fear is like a cancer,
- it can be acute, or spread with stealth.
- Scientists have shown that fear and anger
- Are evil twins that shut down the brain.
- The fearful respond with anger
- They circle wagons,
- or march the door to war.
- But there is one enemy the dark twins can't handle
- One enemy that releases their victims
- That enemy is the power of laughter
- To join with former enemies, and let go of fear.
- The Fearful and Angry can't deal with laughter
- They don't know how to take a good old Joke.
- They may know all about stoking hate and fear
- But they can't deal with a sympathetic joke.
- So to defeat the fearful
- All we need to do is to see the joke
- to see through the oppressing illusion
- And throw off the miserable yoke!
- Then we need not even fear, fear
- For seeing the absurdity of it all
- When our bellies are full of laughter
- We don't even notice it if we fall
- So all we can do is laugh at them
- Or even find a way to get them join in the fun
- Because if they are too busy laughing
- They won't have time to push anyone around.
- So share a sympathetic joke
- And a belly laugh for all of us who have survived.
- And permit yourself a sympathetic tear
- At all of the victims of fear
- who have suffered on down through the years.
- If you do, then fear and anger,
- no longer have hold of you.
Christopher H. Holte 9/10/2015
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