It's been said that laughter is the best medicine. In my opinion, a good, hearty laugh with friends can cure any bad day or any amount of overwhelming stress. Laughter can also cure any embarrassment, if you allow yourself to use it.
Let's be honest, everybody gets embarrassed. I, of all people, can wholeheartedly attest to that. You guys might not know this about me, but I am actually the poster child for embarrassment. I specialize in face planting in front of large crowds and also frequent tripping up stairs- but that's just the half of it. If you can think of something embarrassing, there is a 99.9% chance that I have done it (and probably more than once).
So now that you know how embarrassing I am as an individual, we can move on to my main point for this blog post. I am a strong activist for embracing your embarrassing moments and laughing it off. Yes, feeling embarrassed stinks. I totally get feeling, in that horrifying moment, like your life is over and you will never get over it. But I can assure you that you will get over it.
Think about it- five years from now, are you going to remember that one time you fell up the steps walking to Spanish? Or the time your chair rolled out from under you in English? Or the time you tripped over your own two feet and face planted in front of everyone on campus? Probably not. In fact, I'll admit that those are all real life experiences. Those all probably happened within the last month or so and I've already gotten over them. The truth of the matter is that I guarantee you aren't going to remember tripping, slipping, falling or saying something silly five years from now. The even bigger truth is that the people who saw it, who you felt so embarrassed by, aren't going to remember it either. Do you remember every person you ever saw do something embarrassing? So why would it be any different when you're on the receiving end?
Since no one's going to remember it anyway, why not just join in on the laughter? Showing that you are capable of laughing off your mistakes and laughing at yourself says a lot about you. It says that you are comfortable with yourself and that you aren't fazed by what others think of you. For girls of your age, that is honestly one of the biggest pieces of advice I can give you.
If you ask me, laughter is the key to happiness. So try it sometime!
Until next time,
Molly
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