Laughing Is Great

In the picture my friend Dave has me wearing a golf hat that his son gave to him. Once he wore the hat to our golf course in MB as a laugh. Laughing is good especially when it is with someone not at someone.
Last night at our small group I asked the group to share one thing it was unlikely anyone else in the group knew about them. We laughed and laughed at some of the things that people shared. It was proof positive again that people are very interesting.
It is often the simple things that bring moments of happiness and to help people to connect with one another. That bonding of people seems to contain moments of emotion, joy, fear, sorrow or others.
I find that to be true of our experiences with God as well. We are more open to possibilities when our lives are impacted by emotional circumstances. It is not that we set aside our intelligence or reason when our emotions are engaged, but rather that often our intelligence is stimulated when our emotions are engaged. We speak all the time about the increases in physical ability when adrenaline is in our system. Our body reacts differently when emotions are engaged but our senses and our reaction times improve because the emotions cause emotional changes that stimulate a bodily response. I'm not speaking of emotionalism which engages the emotions while discarding our intelligence. I'm also not recommending intellectualism where we elevate the mind without the inclusion of our emotions. We are human and humanity means the intertwining of mind, body, emotions and spirit.