Giggling Genius

I didn’t blog for more than a week. Life interfered – especially my desperate attempt to prepare for my driving theory test next Wednesday. I am so bad at this stuff.

So I spent Motzaei Shabbat cramming again, taking sample exams and failing miserably in most of them. When I finally passed one (making all the four mistakes I was allowed, of course) I was ready to call it night, but checked some of my favorite sites first.

And here is what made me laugh, what is sending me to sleep with delight instead of with grim irritation: a ‘behind the scenes’ CNN video of Roger Federer, greatest tennis player of all times, having fits of giggles.

Sports have come to my rescue so many times in the past that this incident seems minor in comparison. But sometimes the small things illustrate truths better than the big ones. And the truth is that Roger Federer has always been so important for me exactly because of this childlike (some would say childish) joie de vivre. I am hungry to see people doing what they love, looking like they are in love with life.

Driving tests and other pesky annoyances are part of life…but laughter is the shield that keeps us sane in this complicated but beautiful world. Thank you, Roger, for reminding me once again.

November 21, 2009. Uncategorized.