"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone". These are the first two famous lines of a poem called "Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (Full poem below).

I feel this is the perfect lead-in to Og Mandino's Scroll Marked 7, "I will laugh at the world" because I've always agreed that laughter is the best medicine.

I will laugh at the world. No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger. Yet only I have the gift of laughter and it is mine to use whenever I choose. Henceforth I will cultivate the habit of laughter.I will smile and my digestion will improve. I will chuckle and my burdens will be lightened. I will laugh and my life will be lengthened. For this is the great secret of long life. And now it is mine. I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself. For man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.(Watch the video for more)Solitude - by Ella Wheeler WilcoxLaugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.Sing, and the hills will answer;Sigh, it is lost on the air;The echoes bound to a joyful sound,But shrink from voicing care.Rejoice, and men will seek you;Grieve, and they turn and go;They want full measure of all your pleasure,But they do not need your woe.Be glad, and your friends are many;Be sad, and you lose them all,—There are none to decline your nectared wine,But alone you must drink life’s gall.Feast, and your halls are crowded;Fast, and the world goes by.Succeed and give, and it helps you live,But no man can help you die.There is room in the halls of pleasureFor a large and lordly train,But one by one we must all file onThrough the narrow aisles of pain.