What if laughter could move mountains?

What if Laughter could move mountains?

Not the polite kind. The belly kind. The kind that shakes loose what seriousness has had you gripping on for dear life. That kind of laughter changes things. Fast.

When I first started getting my Bars run (that's Access Bars for those who find this and haven't hear of it yet) I started to laugh again. I hadn't realized that I'd stopped laughing, until it started again. And I did I laugh? Like really laugh? Like am I going to pee myself laughing? Yes. Yes, I did.

What I found is that the more I got my Bars run, the more I laughed. Both during a session and after, but also in general. The laughter got easier and happened more quickly. Now I just laugh when it comes up. There's no try or forcing it. And boy, have I moved mountains from where I was in my life to where I am now.

I don't regret it. All that laughter. Nothing horrible happened when I invited more happiness into my life. I also don't regret opening my world to more joy. Now when there's an issue that crops up the first thing I ask is What else is possible? and then I boogie woogie through life laughing and asking questions and working with awareness to create more ease and ultimately glory in my life.

Those are all part of one of the sneakiest tools that I use all.the.time is: this phrase from Access Consciousness that we talk about in the Bars class -

“All of life comes to me with ease, joy, and glory.”®

Sometimes I say it seriously. Sometimes I whisper it. Sometimes I laugh while saying it—because honestly, laughter cracks reality open faster than effort ever has.

A few other tools I lean on when things feel heavy and I've got a mountain that needs moving:

• Asking “What else is possible?” instead of assuming I know

• Catching myself in seriousness and choosing levity on purpose

• Letting my body laugh before my mind agrees

• Remembering that joy is a choice, not a reward

Laughter doesn’t deny the hard stuff. It disarms it.

And when the weight lifts—even a little—movement happens.

Mountains shift.

Paths appear.

The nervous system gets the memo that it’s allowed to soften.

If you’ve been pushing uphill with your teeth clenched, consider this your permission slip to laugh first and figure it out later.

What if ease could be louder than effort today?