Ken Davis is a Christian comedian who has a radio spot on KNWC every morning. This morning he was talking about the definition of humor. “Humor,” he said, “is a gentle way to acknowledge human frailty… Humor is a way to say, “I’m not ok, you’re not ok, but that’s ok! That’s all right. None of us are ok.”

That’s so true; when we acknowledge that we don’t have it all together, that we’re messy and that we don’t have all the answers, then we’re free to laugh at things. And that includes ourselves. Ken went on to say,

Laughter comes from people who don’t take themselves too seriously. You show me a person who can’t laugh and I’ll show you a person who takes themselves too seriously. Show me a person who takes themselves too seriously, and I’ll show you a person who doesn’t take God seriously enough.