"Are you laughing?"

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A friend of mine is a new grandmother. She calls her daughter one day, who said, "Mama, we had a little accident today." It seems the little guy is teething which sounds innocent enough, but carries with it a whole host of unexpected symptoms, especially if you’re a first-time mom, which this one is.

Well, the accident happened when the little boy had just finished his lunch and was sitting in his high chair playing. His mom walked out of the room for a few minutes. She returned to discover that he had soiled his diapers and it had run down his legs. Well, the little fellow thought this was just fine—something new to play with. So he smeared it in his hair, on his face, in his ears, and all over the high chair. His mother was aghast at the whole experience…

…but the grandmother laughed so hard she could hardly breathe! Then she asked, "Did you get a video of it? You could make $10,000 off of it!"

Experience is a great teacher, isn’t it? The grandmother had "been there, done that" and could laugh. The mother had not. Remember—what doesn’t kill you builds character so laugh as you make a life, not just a living today.

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