Learning to Laugh at Yourself

Learning to laugh at yourself takes a good amount of time. Typically it happens without you even realizing. It is often inspired by a combination of close friends and family, those who you feel the most comfortable around. Once you have learned to laugh at yourself these are the people that will help remind you not to take yourself so seriously and who will be ready to make you smile whether they are in the same room or hundreds of miles away over the phone.

These are the girls who make me laugh at myself (and at them):
When I my have a lapse and forget how to laugh at myself or when I can't muster a laugh, but could just use a smile, these are the girls I turn to. These girls are my extended family. These girls know the meaning and power of "Blue Steel".

Now I can't leave out a very important piece of who I am and how I became a person that knows how to laugh at herself. Though my friends may have helped foster this growth, I first saw how to truly laugh at myself through my family. Mainly these three women:
These sisters will always be able to laugh at themselves and each other. In fact there are documented hours and years of them laughing at themselves and at each other, thanks to their father. There is a great history of humor in my family and a great future for it as well. As they say, "The more things change, the more they stay the same".Here's to the people in our lives who have taught us how to laugh at ourselves!

We laugh a lot. That's for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn't it? - Betty White