(دعونا نضحك على الدنيا قبل أن تضحك علينا).
هذا ليس لأننا أذكياء، بل لأننا جربنا الجدّية واكتشفنا أن بعض الأمور لا تُحل بها، وعلى الأقل عرفنا أن اللعبة خاسرة في معظم الأوقات، فقررنا أن نهزمها على طريقتنا الخاصة (بالقهقهة) حتى ولو كانت مفتعلة !
قد يرى البعض السخرية في تحويل الوجع إلى نُكتة أو طُرفة، يضحك عليها المتعبون من الألم. وقد تكون عندما نقف في وجه النار ونصف الجو بأنه جميل ودافئ !
هناك سخرية بداخلنا تكفي لمواجهة جدّية هذا العالم، قد لا تكون في معظم الأحوال صادقة، بل كاذبة تُشبه موقف وهدوء العازفين على (سفينة تايتنك) وقت غرقها.
وهدوئي حينما اتصلت بي مندوبة تسويق «لفلتر مياه» و(مسكت بي خط) لتقنعني أنه يمنع تساقط الشعر.
بعض المواقف يا أصدقاء نسخر منها لأنها فوق قدرة استيعابنا، فيتبدل الجد بها للهزل، وقد نسخر من همومنا، وآلامنا، وحياتنا، لأننا إن لم نفعل، سوف (نفطس) لا محالة.
فهذه هي حيلة البقاء على قيد الحياة، والفرح، والأمل.
ولأني ممن يسيرون على هذا الطريق في هذه الحياة، فقد أضحك أحياناً على مواقف تجعل الآخرين يبتسمون بقلق منها، وأضحك أيضاً حينما يخبرني أحدهم أن شرب القهوة بعد الساعة 8 مساءً يسرق النوم، لأنه لا يعرف أن (الكافيين) صديقي فأنا أشرب القهوة وعلى الفور أنام.
بعض المواقف لا تحتمل إلا السخرية، كأن ترسل لي صديقة مقطعاً عن أهمية النوم المبكر الساعة الثالثة فجراً، أو أن يقنعني أحدهم أن مخدة (بريش نعام) تجلب الأحلام الوردية.
وعلى كل حال؛ السخرية ليست هروباً، بل هي طريقة للوقوف في وجه الحياة (بوجه بارد)، وكأنك تقول لها:
«اعرف أنكِ تحاولين قتلي، ولكن دعينا نشاهد فيلماً كوميدياً نضحك عليه قليلاً قبل ذلك».
فالسخرية لن تعطيك حلولاً، لكنها سوف تمنحك نوعاً من السيادة على ألمك، حتى يتعلّم أنك سيّده فلا يتمادى عليك.
وهكذا أضحك على تقلبات الأيام، وأستمتع بسخافات البشر وسخرية القدر، وأتعلّم أن أرتاح بين فصول الجنون، وأجد في الهزل ملاذاً حين يثقل الواقع قلبي.
فالابتسامة أحياناً تشرح ما لا تقدر عليه الكلمات، وتجعلني أملك شيئاً من أمري ولو للحظة قصيرة، هذا لأني دائماً أرفض أن أهزم.
وعموماً؛ كتبت هذا المقال مساءً على ضوء شمعة، وكان يفترض أن يكون رومانسياً للغاية لكن الكهرباء قد انقطعت بلا سابق إنذار، لذا (تسخروا على خير).
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
(Let's laugh at the world before it laughs at us).
This is not because we are smart, but because we have tried seriousness and discovered that some matters cannot be resolved that way. At least we have learned that the game is lost most of the time, so we decided to defeat it in our own way (with laughter), even if it is forced!
Some may see irony in turning pain into a joke or a quip, which the weary from pain can laugh at. It can be like when we stand in front of the fire and describe the atmosphere as beautiful and warm!
There is enough irony within us to face the seriousness of this world; it may not be sincere most of the time, but rather false, resembling the calmness of the musicians on the (Titanic) at the time of its sinking.
And my calmness when a marketing representative for a "water filter" called me and (held me on the line) to convince me that it prevents hair loss.
Some situations, my friends, we mock because they are beyond our capacity to comprehend, turning seriousness into absurdity. We may mock our worries, our pains, and our lives, because if we don’t, we will inevitably (suffocate).
This is the trick to staying alive, joyful, and hopeful.
And because I am one of those who walk this path in life, I sometimes laugh at situations that make others smile anxiously, and I also laugh when someone tells me that drinking coffee after 8 PM steals sleep, because they don’t know that (caffeine) is my friend, and I drink coffee and immediately fall asleep.
Some situations can only be met with mockery, like when a friend sends me a clip about the importance of sleeping early at three in the morning, or when someone tries to convince me that a (feather pillow) brings sweet dreams.
In any case; mockery is not an escape, but a way to stand up to life (with a cold face), as if you are saying to it:
“I know you are trying to kill me, but let’s watch a comedy movie and laugh at it a little before that.”
Mockery will not give you solutions, but it will grant you a kind of sovereignty over your pain, until it learns that you are its master and does not overstep its bounds.
And so I laugh at the twists of days, enjoy the absurdities of humans and the irony of fate, and learn to find comfort among the seasons of madness, finding refuge in absurdity when reality weighs down my heart.
For sometimes a smile explains what words cannot, and gives me a sense of control over my situation, even if just for a brief moment, because I always refuse to be defeated.
In general; I wrote this article in the evening by candlelight, and it was supposed to be very romantic, but the electricity went out without warning, so (laugh at the good).
This is not because we are smart, but because we have tried seriousness and discovered that some matters cannot be resolved that way. At least we have learned that the game is lost most of the time, so we decided to defeat it in our own way (with laughter), even if it is forced!
Some may see irony in turning pain into a joke or a quip, which the weary from pain can laugh at. It can be like when we stand in front of the fire and describe the atmosphere as beautiful and warm!
There is enough irony within us to face the seriousness of this world; it may not be sincere most of the time, but rather false, resembling the calmness of the musicians on the (Titanic) at the time of its sinking.
And my calmness when a marketing representative for a "water filter" called me and (held me on the line) to convince me that it prevents hair loss.
Some situations, my friends, we mock because they are beyond our capacity to comprehend, turning seriousness into absurdity. We may mock our worries, our pains, and our lives, because if we don’t, we will inevitably (suffocate).
This is the trick to staying alive, joyful, and hopeful.
And because I am one of those who walk this path in life, I sometimes laugh at situations that make others smile anxiously, and I also laugh when someone tells me that drinking coffee after 8 PM steals sleep, because they don’t know that (caffeine) is my friend, and I drink coffee and immediately fall asleep.
Some situations can only be met with mockery, like when a friend sends me a clip about the importance of sleeping early at three in the morning, or when someone tries to convince me that a (feather pillow) brings sweet dreams.
In any case; mockery is not an escape, but a way to stand up to life (with a cold face), as if you are saying to it:
“I know you are trying to kill me, but let’s watch a comedy movie and laugh at it a little before that.”
Mockery will not give you solutions, but it will grant you a kind of sovereignty over your pain, until it learns that you are its master and does not overstep its bounds.
And so I laugh at the twists of days, enjoy the absurdities of humans and the irony of fate, and learn to find comfort among the seasons of madness, finding refuge in absurdity when reality weighs down my heart.
For sometimes a smile explains what words cannot, and gives me a sense of control over my situation, even if just for a brief moment, because I always refuse to be defeated.
In general; I wrote this article in the evening by candlelight, and it was supposed to be very romantic, but the electricity went out without warning, so (laugh at the good).
