Your problems won't vanish with a laugh. Your pain won't disappear with a smile. But when you find that tiny spark of humor, even in your darkest hour, you tap into something ancient and powerful. Something that helped my ancestors survive centuries of hardship. Something that helped concentration camp survivors maintain their humanity in hell itself.
The world is obsessed with optimization and influence, every moment seems to demand more complexity, more striving, more control. Perhaps the most revolutionary act is returning to these three fundamental truths.
