I have a confession. This is an old picture of mine that I took a while ago but there's a reason why I chose this as my picture-of-the-day.
First of all, this is Mimey, one of the few minifigures that I simply adore. Mimey was part of the Minifigure Series, the second to be precise. The moment I saw it, I told myself I must have it by hook or by crook. You see, Mr Mime here has 3 faces. One a surprise face while the other two represent the classic comedy and tragedy facial expressions.
Now, life is like a show. Either things end happily for you and we all have a laugh about it (comedy) or things just fxxxed up and nothing is every right (tragedy). Sometimes, there's a mixture of both that is things are bittersweet. However, the problem is that you can never tell how it would end for you. One path you choose may lead to a comedic ending but it could always take a sharp turn towards a tragic story. Like movies or operas, the usual plot twist usually turns a happy beginning to a sad ending which not surprisingly, attract the audience. This is what makes life scary - a winding road full of twist and turns.
This is where the third expression comes in - a surprised and dumbfounded expression because you don't really know what to expect. Sometimes, you might even want to pull the trigger and end it all. But then, that would be a tragedy now, ain't it.
See, the thing is, you will never know how bumpy or smooth the road is in front of you. If we could tell how our future will be like, we would all be fortune tellers now. The point is we don't have to be surprised every time we encounter a twist in our lives and we end up with either a tragedy or a comedy. See, the two facial expressions are always by Mimey's side. So why don't we just change our expression to the happy one so whatever twists and turns we are going to experience, it wouldn't matter because we will always look at it as a comedy.
An important I learn in Psychology is laughter truly is the best medicine. When you laugh at life, you generally ignore all the sadness and messed up surroundings and you find yourself focusing only on your laughter. It's true that sometimes, you are too overwhelmed with all the tragedy that you simply just can't find that laughter in you. That is why we have things like chocolates, sitcoms, Russell Peters and the company of a good friend.
So, now that you know about it, why don't you put on a happy face?
