Why someone laugh at himself?
Archbishop [1] 告訴我:
You hardly ever knock down someone who is knocking himself down. You're not likely to clobber someone if they've already, as it were, self-clobbered.
You hardly ever knock down someone who is knocking himself down. You're not likely to clobber someone if they've already, as it were, self-clobbered.
Q: How to do if I'm not funny or I do not have a good sense of humor?
=> Archbishop 告訴我, 有人 pompous and serious 的原因是這樣讓人看起來比較穩重和希望得到別人的尊重. 但他相信最容易進入人心的方法, 是讓人開心的笑.
先從自我解嘲開始, 然後你將停止問: Why me 這類的問題, 而體認生命的常態.
Archbishop 回答的更精彩原文: I reckon there are many people who think they have to be somber because it gives them gravitas, and they feel they are more likely to be respected if they are serious.
But I believe very fervently that one of the ways of getting into the hearts of people is the capacity of making them laugh.
Funny is a skill, it does help if you can laugh at yourself, learn to laugh at yourself. It's a place to begin.
Don't be so pompous and serious.
Then, you will stop asking, Why me? and start recognizing that life happens to all of us.
Reference
1. Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams, "Humor: Laughter, Joking is much Better, " in The Book of Joy, Penguin Random House LLC, 2016, pp. 221-222.
1. Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams, "Humor: Laughter, Joking is much Better, " in The Book of Joy, Penguin Random House LLC, 2016, pp. 221-222.