Plugging in delight

A Facebook picture features a baby holding her bottle for the first time, sheer joy on her face, a video of a baby giggling hysterically as his father tears paper for him goes viral on YouTube, a dash of snow and children everywhere flock to a hill, any hill with sleds, pieces of cardboard, backs of refrigerators and suddenly the air vibrates with screams and giggles...no elaborate planning, no expensive gadgets, no deep thought required.  An element of human nature and totally available to us all, delight lives in our genes.  We crave it, seek it, need it, even though we sometimes lose sight of it.  At difficult times in our lives, we must learn to dig for it, to remember it.  How does THAT happen?  Well, connections mostly.  We do that automatically, file those moments that make us laugh and bring them back when we want them, when we need them.  A line from a TV show or movie, an ingenious commercial, a random comment by a friend or co-worker, a split second that struck a funny bone and set the room laughing, each one can help us heal, adjust our moods, turn a bad day good, not just for us, but for those sharing our air.  This power lies at our fingertips, at our nerve endings, in our brainwaves.  Shall we access it?  Shall we plug in delight?  (Catch the play on words)  Let's use this blog entry.  Whether you comment or not, take just a few minutes to think about your personal grin factor.  What always makes you smile when you hear it, see it, remember it?  Here, I'll give you one of mine.  In the movie, Steel Magnolias, M Lynn, devastated by the death of her daughter, just wants to hit something.  At this point Clairee pushes her friend Ouiser forward and says, "Here, hit this!  We'll sell T-shirts sayin' 'I hit Ouiser Boudreaux.'"  Within moments, tears of grief turn to tears of laughter.  Not only does this scene always tickle me, it captures the point and spirit of this entry.  Your turn...