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#7 Mrs. Don-o wrote ~~~ "I believe the experience of laughter may be simplest, and possibly the best way for us to lift up our hearts to our Lord; for us to know God - the consummate and eternal source of Goodness. Thus sayeth Sir William of Walton. Ha! A smiling baby, a loving embrace, the beauty of a sunrise, all things that bring us joy ~ whatever warms our hearts are in a sense, prayer. Blissful emotions are the highest good we experience in this life, and they are merely a foreshadowing of the joy our God wants us to know eternally. Thus we feel in our human state (however vaguely) what awaits us in our perfected state, among all the angels and saints. This vagueness is felt simply because our union with the Most Holy Trinity is beyond any and all human comprehension; yet we can, and do, get tiny samples of what's to come – Laus Deo!"