It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.