Life lessons from Woody Allen: Finding humour and appreciation in difficult situations
When it comes to unwinding after a long day at work, a cup of coffee or a few rounds of beer or whatever other drink you can get your hands on may suffice.
Well, sure, I'm guilty of that as well, until I'm caught dead half-naked with a lampshade over my head after a few rounds of vodka!
Okay, horrible example, and I apologize to anyone reading this who has nightmares about me in that drunken stupor.
Please don't ask how it happened.
But what's truly fascinating is how people go about their daily lives when faced with vein-popping stress.
I mean, the new age movement, such as Zen or yoga, is one of the excellent things that genuinely works.
Is there a place for folks with an intellectual side who can smell the roses in a can while on the move?
It made me believe that there may be something to this mind-over-matter phenomenon.
When you're feeling down, a good laugh is the finest therapy.
Anyone can pay good money to hear a comic solely to make you pee your pants from laughing so hard.
Regardless of what has occurred, and to those who have been through the agony, it is preferable to laugh while facing difficulties with a clear mind than to be angry with a blurred view.
Woody Allen is one of my favourite celebs of all time.
This is one person that gives you that in-your-face bluntness that he pulls out with vigour, even when he isn't trying.
You can talk about anything with a male, and he'll always make fun of it, so you'll end up laughing rather than being unhappy.
According to Woody Allen:
1. "Money is preferable to poverty, even if merely for financial reasons."
It sounds wonderful to me; after all, the practicality of all things involves money, but it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to obtain it.
2. formalized paraphrase "I believe somebody is keeping an eye on us.
Regrettably, it is the government "Enough said.
3. formalized "Death is not the worst thing that can happen in life.
Have you ever spent time with an insurance salesman?
" This is one of the most well-known.
I mean, the issue of life's minor annoyances isn't all that horrible until 'he' appears.
Sure, relationships may become difficult, or they have issues that every author writing about relationships is likely to encounter sooner or later.
Unless you're talking about the heart as in the heart that pumps blood throughout your body, we follow our hearts.
4. "Love is the solution, but sex raises some pretty fascinating questions while you're waiting for the answer."
And if you want more, simply keep asking!
5. "A quick word about oral contraception.
I asked a female to sleep with me, and she said no."
I believe it sounds 'practical.
And in ordinary life, he truly knows how to make the best of any situation, and it doesn't entail a lawsuit if he touches a nerve.
6. "In general, my wife was immature.
I'd be in the bath at home, and she'd come in and sink my boats."
I'd never before had a boat in my bathtub.
I'm getting seasick just looking at that while soaking in hot water.
7. "I am not terrified of death; I simply do not want to be present when it occurs."
It pours when it rains.
8."I am grateful for laughing, even when milk escapes from my nose."
It may become worse if you're drinking beer... or mouthwash, as occurred to me once!
9."Tell God about your goals if you want to make him laugh."
At the very least, he doesn't smite us with lightning, which I appreciate.
And, regardless of what happens to all of us in the next ten, twenty, or thirty years, I believe we must all view things in a different light, not merely from a different perspective.
I can't picture a life without any kind of knowledge to guide us.
Whether we are religious or not, it takes more bravery to recognize our anxieties and learn how to cope with them.
To summarize, here is the final morsel of knowledge to live by... whatever, whenever, and wherever we may be.
10. "The ability to be happy is to appreciate and like what you have rather than what you don't."