In the sacred cycle of seasons that marks twenty-seven years of walking the healer's path in my calling, I've embraced many lessons, some through missteps and stumbles.Let me share a tale of when I remember being asked to chair a 12-step meeting. As chairman, we are supposed to give out various cards that the members can read to the rest of the group. I sneakily hid one of the cards beside someone without them knowing. When it came time for the person to read the card, I stated his name. He looked at me with a very shocked look and said, “Eh? "It was one of the funniest looks I ever saw, and I burst into laughter. I got everyone going because I could not get his surprised look out of my mind. Almost everyone in the meeting was laughing. It was a moment when the earth seemed to pause—perhaps a test from the spirits.There I stood, in the center of a gentle storm of chuckles. And in that space, I found the humility to join in the laughter. What else is there to do when the winds dance mischievously around you?Laughter is medicine, a way to keep our hearts light and remember we are all humans, sharing this walk together. If we carry ourselves too heavily, how are we to dance with the rhythm of life?I'd love to hear of a time when the trickster spirit played a dance with you. What’s the story of your greatest blooper?

The speaker found humility in a storm of laughter, recognizing laughter as medicine and a way to keep hearts light and remember our shared humanity.

Lessons from laughter!

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Lessons from laughter!

Lessons from laughter!

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