“This life isn’t serious. It’s a comedy. It’s an awesomely beautiful journey, but it certainly isn’t serious. Serious is an egotistical concept; it comes from several factors.”
“Sometimes seriousness reflects a temperament that is less than gracious and magnanimous to others. It can be a form of intellectual snobbery. You can always tell serious people a mile off—they walk funny. The cheeks of their bum are puckered like they’re holding on to a carrot. I think they feel selected by God to hold a carrot up their rear end until death.”
Stuart Wilde
Sunday Question — What are your thoughts on Stuart Wilde's perspective that life is essentially a comedy rather than a serious journey? How do you believe this viewpoint might change the way we interact with ourselves and others?
I always consider myself lucky that I don't have to take myself seriously. I'm not a surgeon, or a general, or a doctor, or someone who has to hold others' lives in my hands. I'm sure if I did, I'd take that responsibility very seriously. So in some ways I think it's great, that I can laugh at myself, but then I have to remind myself not to take it too far into self-deprecation and belittle my own talents.
I always consider myself lucky that I don't have to take myself seriously. I'm not a surgeon, or a general, or a doctor, or someone who has to hold others' lives in my hands. I'm sure if I did, I'd take that responsibility very seriously. So in some ways I think it's great, that I can laugh at myself, but then I have to remind myself not to take it too far into self-deprecation and belittle my own talents.