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Why You Should Look On The Bright Side
The first time I saw Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the scene that made me laugh loudest was the final crucifixion scene. Obviously, I had not been brought up to find this funny, but to see Eric Idle’s cheerfulness while being strapped to a cross cracked me up. It reminded me of the scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when they are performing “Camelot”, and the prisoner hanging from the wall is clapping along. There is something about rejoicing through trials that makes me laugh.
And at times like these, when you turn on the television and or go to the internet and you are faced with all sorts of horrible things going on in the world, all the way up to the highest echelons of power, there has to be a way to keep a smile on your face. There is so much going on in the world around us that can make us afraid, angry, and miserable. It’s important to look beyond the horrible stories people are telling to see what life really is.
Ultimately, I think that life is light. We certainly have to deal with our share of darkness and hardness, but it is in light that we truly operate.
Even in cartoons, when someone gets an idea, a light goes off. It is light that offers us the ability to see, to think, and to rejoice. In my experience of life, regardless of how dark things ever get, there is always the ability to find the light.
