This is a piece I wrote for the New Millennium. This is to celebrate the seriousness and joke of our being human. The Clown’s Creed. I believe that laughter is greater than all riches, for amongst all the earth’s treasures, none are more precious than the jewels of joy and happiness. I believe that laughter and liberation blend together, In good times as well as in hardships, pain, and injustice. For no matter how we struggle, life is always larger than we are. So we cannot stop struggling, liberating, and laughing at ourselves silly at the same time. I believe that laughter is greater than knowledge. For reality is always bigger than it’s most knowledgeable interpretations. Yet we must now stop from interpreting reality nor must we stop laughing at our interpretations. I believe that laughter will keep us standing amidst the great mystery that surrounds us …even from within. Lest we be clumsy and lose our marbles. And all knowledge will pass, And all the earth may fade, And all our lives be dust, But cosmic jokes go on forever. With laughter, you can die smiling. With joy you can see the unnamable God and live.
