If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If you cannot fix a bad situation, use humor to cope with it.
- In plain terms
- Laugh at problems you can't solve.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor is a tool for dealing with unfixable issues.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you cope with stress?
- Is laughter always the best medicine?
Another view
Some problems require action, not just laughter.
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