Laugh

You won’t regret making laughter your main goal in life.

Not the artificial one that certain drugs seem to induce (when I told a friend that laughter is my main goal in life, he said he had something that can help me reach that goal quite easily).

After I met my wife, I remember I was laughing every day with her. After about a year, I laughed so hard I fell down on my knees and proposed. I was only 24 but didn’t care. Laughter was all the proof I needed to know I was doing the right thing.

And having a kid indeed proved to be one of the most stressful things one can endure, both physically and psychologically. But my naughty little toddler has been making me laugh so hard for the past two years that I usually forget stressful situations the very next second. Laughter assures me we’re doing well.

Not unlike my family life, my career has been an emotional roller coaster. Some days are extraordinary. But not every day is like that. Not every day is inspiring. Sometimes I feel I’m losing my motivation. But while I can still laugh, I know I can still enjoy it. Even when my forehead is pressing against the keyboard, I raise my head, see some random Hungarian words on the screen and laugh. Laughter tells me there may still be something there worth trying.

Everything is fine while you’re still laughing. But if you ever stop, don’t worry. It’s not so much a silence, as it is the sound of change.