HOW ABOUT JOKES?

Humour is capable of bringing laughter to us and our audience. This is good because cheerful laughter arising from a sincere heart is a great antidote to being weighed down. It makes us feel  light and free.

 

However, we ought to be extremely careful about the types of jokes we share. It calls for engaging our delicate intuition at all times to weigh carefully what we take in as jokes and what we share as humour.

 

We may make witty remarks, crack jokes and make use of instructive anecdotes but then we do not need to use coarse language, malicious remarks and irresponsible words. Neither are we to toy with the Holy Names in the process. For example, it will be most irreverent to share any joke that has to do with the Holy Name of the Lord Almighty and the Name of Jesus. The Holy Names are sacred, should be hallowed and never taken in vain.

 

Furthermore, we ought to be wary of body shaming jokes, jokes employing wicked words, ones that make fun of races, tribes or nations, the ones that promote the war of the sexes and so on.

 

We can employ humour creatively to pass on a serious message, to admonish, to break the ice when we wish to strike up conversation and generally for promoting all that is good. In cases like these, once we choose our words carefully and we give due consideration to the feelings of others we will bring about nothing but peace and happiness!