On the road doing comedy

A bad situation can feel all-consuming.

A laugh shows you’ve escaped.

Humor puts distance between an event and yourself.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Time belittles anything by showing it’s not as bad as it seemed.

Humor does that instantly.

But getting older is hard. It is a gift, yes, but it is also heavy. Just as the doors of possibility become fewer and farther between, the burden of grief gets bigger. As the years pass, our losses in life accumulate, threatening to weigh us down. It takes active effort—breaths, walks, conversations with friends, rest—to slow down and remember tha

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