Laughing with 800 young ladies!

I had the amazing and wondrous experience yesterday of laughing with 800 teenagers! The energy of 800 free and laughing young women is intoxicating and energising. When we all threw our hands up in the air and joyously declared “Very good, very good, YAAAY”, it was the sound of the Universe itself just laughing one big laugh!

This week, the alumni association of my alma mater, Wolmer’s High School for Girls, is celebrating its 100th year of existence (to put this into context, the school is also marking its 280th anniversary this year as well). My sister Carole and I offered to participate in their morning assembly. I read two chapters of my book, Free and Laughing: Spiritual Insights in Everyday Moments, to which Carole danced. We then led the girls in a rousing laughter yoga session.

I will be writing more about this experience and my reflections over the next few days. But today, I just want to share how joyous the experience was.

We were giving freely of ourselves. Carole and I love our school, we love interacting with young people and we love to laugh! When you give freely and from the depths of your heart, there is a joy in that giving that is ecstatic. Like attracts like, so it invariably happens that the receiving is also ecstatic. We felt as if we were the real receivers, having been given a lovely gift. Carole and I had wonderful day yesterday, buoyed by the gift of the bond of laughing with 800 receptive, responsive and free young women!