Teach me serenity

Not to treat life like a series of earthquakes

Teach me to make others laugh

Instead of always calling out their mistakes

Teach me to cheer people on

Not disclaim their successes

Teach me to be a winner

To rechannel the anger that depresses

Teach me to pick myself up after I fall

Not wallow when I don’t get it right the first time

Teach me to smile in spite of it all

Not to spite others when the blame is all mine

I want what you have

But rather than taking it from you

I want to share it and spread it around

Like a good disease

Like laughter during a rainfall

Because laughter is contagious

And there’s enough of it to empower us all