April Fool's

Its April first and you know what that means!  Jokes and pranks are flying fast and furious.  Somehow, though, I got through the day with no pranks or surprises.  But that started me thinking.  Maybe there is more to April Fool's Day than meets the eye.  Maybe, just maybe, it is not all about catching people off guard, scaring them with some outrageous claim or making jokes at other people's expense...just maybe it is all about love.

Now I am a fool for love.  I still believe in romance.  Even though I have not had a serious romantic relationship in more years than I care to think about, I still think it is possible.  Call me a fool, but I believe anything is possible.  Foolishly I suppose, I still believe that someday that someone is going to be hit with Cupid's arrow at the same exact moment as I.   Love at first sight?  I don't rule it out.

Also, I am basically an optimist.  I do believe that no matter what happens in life, we are going to come out somehow better on the other side.  Even when we die, I believe something...even it is just the redistribution of our phyical materials and essential enery into some new and exiting form, I do believe we go on.  This I believe even if it is just in someone's memory of us.  No fooling.  I think it is so.

They say in the old song that fools rush in where angels fear to tread.  If fools did not rush in, well, no one would ever take a chance, would they?  Foolishly sometimes, other times fool-heartily, people do risk their very settled lives to maybe realize a long-held dream or burst of inspiration.  Angels may fear, but I think something like angels follow them into whatever venture they set out on.  If you are afraid of appearing the fool, then you will need to be satisfied with never knowing if you could have.....

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.  With experience comes wisdom.  What appears to be a foolish gesture, may in fact be the best thing you could ever have done.  You never know until you try.  Until you are willing to play the fool, you can never be the sage.  There may truly be no fool like an old fool, but fools are what makes life interesting.  Suffers fools with love in your heart and the same will come back to you when it is your turn to play the fool.

So I think it is true what I said: there is more to this April Fool's thing than meets the eye.  Play with it.  Any fool can see there is more to life than getting by.  And when you come to rest and reflect, you will be glad you lived at least a day in a fool's paradise....no foolin'!