That laughter comes from us at birth,
The smile erupts into that wonderful sound.
The joy of children laughing is wondrous
As they have no limitations to their innocence.
We get older and it is still with us
Through schooldays and teenage years.
We may not laugh as much through middle age
But it is still with us.
Then we grow old and maybe stop laughing,
Thinking it is not right at our time of life.
But you don’t stop laughing
Because you grow old,
You grow old
Because you stop laughing.
You don’t stop laughing because you grow old,
You grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard.