A life without laughter

It is a serious matter to believe a serious statement if the speaker does not have a sense of humor. In fact, if the speaker evokes the bleak image of a forehead resting on a hand, and the figure of a body bent by the torments of the world; I will do my best to replace the discouraging environment with a more cheerful atmosphere, where serious people actually laugh, and burst out laughing in their attempts to stay in this old mean world and perhaps make a difference. Langston Hughes knew that a life lived in wide streets lined with trees must be lived with a sense of humor; what about the lives of many people who live their lives clinging tenuously to the rocky edge of poverty and rejection? Hughes knew that if people walking in broad privilege paths smile kindly; then the people in torn streets of discrimination need to laugh from their depths to survive! Author: Langston Hughes Publisher: Hayat Publications Number of pages: 295