We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

Waiting for happiness to arrive before you let yourself laugh puts the lighter part of life last in the queue, and the queue never clears. Laughter is not a reward for a settled life; it is one of the ways a life stays bearable while it is unsettled. Nothing guarantees the conditions will improve enough to earn it. The people who laugh often are usually not the ones with the fewest troubles.

Let something be funny today before anything is resolved. Sit with someone who makes you laugh, or return to whatever reliably amuses you, and do not wait until the week has calmed down.