Keeping it Real

I'm a huge fan of Ross Noble (absolute legend) and me and a friend were talking about one of his shows today. In it he says "Why keep it real? Why not keep it vaguely imaginative?" or words to that affect at least. And though it was intended in part as a joke I think why not.

I often think to myself the world is a much too serious place. I was thinking about that in my post Life's Questions when I said "Or is it rather the world struggles to convince me?". I suppose in a way I'm a renewed person. I went through a pretty kerraaazay emotional time and now I've come out the other side with a totally different outlook on life; Laugh at EVERYTHING. Ok I still have moments when I'm down but I'm trying more and more to cast it aside and laugh about it. Clearly I'm not the first person to have this view point because I know of loads of quotes that perhaps say what I want to say a bit of a better way. Here's a few:

"When a man can't laugh at himself it's time for others to start laughing at him."

"Life's far too important to ever talk seriously about." ~ Oscar Wilde

They go something along those lines at least. In my mind it's OK to laugh and make jokes about other people so long as if you were in that position you'd happily take it and laugh at yourself. If everyone took this stance it would be a great world to live in full of smiles and laughter. 

So to bring it back to the Ross Noble quote where this all began. Why keep it real when our imaginations can make it so much more fun. What's wrong with making a fool out of yourself if it'll make other people laugh. And even if it doesn't make them laugh you can still have fun doing it. 

Gareth x