09/06/2026
When was the last time you let out a good belly laugh?
Life can easily feel heavy, but at the same time can easily feel light.
The power lives in the mind and how you choose to look at things.
Surround yourself with people who can help you find that light again when everything feels heavy and dark.
Makes me think of the scene in Steel Magnolias where M'Lynn is processing her daughter's death and feeling the hurt, the confusion, the frustration, the rage and exclaiming she just wants to hit someone to make the hurt she's feeling be felt and shared with someone else.
Then Clairee shoves apprehensive Ouiser in front of her and tells her to hit her. And everyone just starts laughing, those healing deep belly laughs transmuting the pain into light, helping M'Lynn shift into seeing the love and support she has with her friends, to know that she can laugh again and there is still the capacity to feel joy no matter how heavy life gets.
That she doesn't need to hurt someone else to bring them into her pain, but rather, someone can help her shift into the light of love, joy, and laughter.
Horses, hugs, and laughter are some of the best medicine.
