Sister Natalie Rossi: Let yourself be tickled by God's humor   I
don't think God tickled them yet.  Beloved -- hurry.  St. Teresa
of Avila   I remember listening to symphonies and enjoying the
tuba -- a funny, obscure instrument that tickles my soul. In the
symphony of life, do we go around missing the tickles -- the
joys, the laughs?  Do we forget what it means to be tickled, and
go around masquerading in a shell of boredom?  In the Navajo
tradition, the first laugh of a child is celebrated with a feast
given by the person who caused the laugh. The Navajos are a
people of peace and harmony. Even with all of the tragedies in
their lives, they laugh at themselves and others. They have
stories about a trickster, the Coyote, who goes around making
people laugh with his antics. They enjoy a hearty laugh even at
your expense, but they try to live peaceful lives.  Laughter
bellows forth from children who survived the typhoon in Cebu in
the Philippines, just by seeing themselves on a picture. All of
the people I pas