Your Daily Groove – Don't Forget to Smile

Posted by Steve McAllister on Feb 3, 2010 in Other Stuff | 4 comments

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.” – Tom Robbins

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Faced with the gravity of all of the seeming perils of our generation, it is so easy to get caught up in the severity of our financial, environmental, and violence-weary woes. It is because we are lambasted with so many doom and gloom scenarios that we must remember how to play, how to have fun, and most importantly, how to laugh. We don’t have to look very hard to find reasons to be somber as so many people wish to share their misery. What we need now more than ever are clowns, comedians, and jesters, those with buoyant laughs and heartfelt glee, to remind us what life is really about. For if we do not find reasons to smile, we have found no reasons to live.

Steve McAllister  (360 Posts)

Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .