Humor

It's always good to remember to TRY to diffuse a situation with Humor.

I sent out one of those horrible email things today -- because of having such a bad week -- you know, one of those Prayers to St Theresa where you need to send it on to 12 people within the next 5 minutes or your prayer won't come true (you know the one). Anyway -- I sent one to a gal who wrote me back that ~I~ of all people was intelligent, educated, blah blah blah and should KNOW BETTER than to do that.

I wrote her back that actually, I thought that intelligence and education and the like often got in the way -- that really if one believed a bit more in prayer and was a little more in the Heart versus in the Head, it might do everyone some good. (I said it nicer than that, but that was the jist.)

She wrote back (still with a "head of steam on") that THAT wasn't her deal, of COURSE prayer is great "if you believe in it," but what SHE objected to was the twelve people part, etc. She went on a good bit.

I thought about it, and deleted it (first). Then, I sent back an email that just said "Hey, how do you know? 12 might be St Theresa's lucky number...?"

She sent me back one of those emails that was just "laughlaughlaughlaughlaughlaughlaugh." And I knew I ~had~ made her laugh, too.

So she'd gone from being up and snooty and such on me and "people" who 'send these things' to -- blam! -- diffused.

Good stuff, huh?