Charlie Chaplin Speaks!

 

I read somewhere that...

Charlie Chaplin once stepped onto a stage, told a simple joke, and had the audience roaring with laughter.

He paused, then told the same joke again. This time, only a few chuckles.

He tried a third time. Silence. No one laughed.

Then, with a gentle smile, he said something more profound than any punchline:

“If you can’t laugh at the same joke over and over, why keep crying over the same pain?”

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Truth is...I don't know if this story is true, but the lesson it teaches sure is. I also read "somewhere" (2 Corinthians 5:17) that if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!