You Make Me Laugh
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá loved laughter and His laughter was often a source of solace. One writer observed that once He laughed so heartily at the observations and questions directed to Him that “His turban became disarranged. As He lifted His hands to straighten it, He smiled as though we had a little joke between us.”
When the Master was in America He was visited by May Maxwell, with little Mary, and Juliet Thompson. They had a delightful visit together, but eventually Juliet became concerned and asked, “Don’t we tire You? Oughtn’t we to leave You now?” He answered, “No, stay. You rest Me. You make Me laugh!”
On one occasion He was delighted thinking about a certain joke. He seemed to have in mind to tell it. His friends pleaded that He do so. “No, I cannot, for every time I try to tell it I laugh so I cannot speak.”
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 169.
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