Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Kindness of Enjoying Shared Silliness

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans.  It is lovely to be silly at the right moment."
Horace

One of the things that continues to amaze me is the kindness that can be shared through laughter or even silliness.

A woman I know usually opts for conservative colors when painting her nails.  But every so often, she ventures out into the wild -- especially on her toes.  She has not been pampering herself too much lately, so she decided to schedule that rare manicure and pedicure.  Encouraged by the manicurist, she decided on a robin's egg blue for her toes.  The Tiffany blue-like color on her toes made her smile, so she sent a photo of her happy feet to one of her college friends in another state.  The friend loved the color and asked for the name so that she could do the same.  Then the woman sent the photo to another friend who replied, "Love it!!  It would make me happy looking at them!  What more can you ask?"

Certainly having friends who are kind enough to share in life's sillier moments is one of the greatest blessings in life.

The nail polish's name: " Where's My Chauffeur?"  And speaking of silly, I don't suppose that I should share that this woman has an imaginary chauffeur, who is the twin of her dear friend's chauffeur...  And these are only two of the many characters in their fantasy world.

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