The secret to laughing at yourself is twofold. First, it needs perspective about your situation. You're stuck on a runway behind ten planes in a snowstorm? At least you can afford airfare, which many cannot. You're in a hellacious traffic jam on Christmas Eve? At least you have a car. Most people in the world can barely afford their daily bread, let alone a car or plane fare. Second, it needs perspective about yourself. The holidays aren't about you; and you're not the center of the universe. Christmas in particular is about someone else.
In short, for the holidays it's good to remember that there is Good News and there is Better News. The Good News is: There is a God. The Better News is: It's not you.
That's surely something to smile about, any time of the year.
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