Baker: Finding the humor in everything

- Kathy Baker

As I grow older, I find that I take humor to the extreme. You might say I take seriously the concept of NOT taking things too seriously. Some of my friends and family have referred to my humor as “outrageous,” “crazy,” “offbeat” or “weird,” and those are the kinder comments. But for me, life works best and is most enjoyable — no matter what is going on — if I can find humor in everything… and I do mean everything.

One of my favorite forms of humor is irreverence. It’s a sort of inner grin that makes me chuckle (perhaps a bit cynically) about things in life that I otherwise might take too seriously.

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