Quote of the day by Michael J. Fox: “I think the scariest person in the world is the person with…”

Quote
of
the
day
by
Michael
J.
Fox
(AP
photo)

Humou
ca
ge ui ely
cha ge
how
a
difficult
mome t
actually
feels.
A
st essful
situatio
seems
lighte
o ce
someo e
fi ds
a
easo
to
laugh,
a d
a
se ious
p oblem
ofte
becomes
easie
to
app oach
o ce
it
ca
be
see
f om
a othe
a gle.

Michael
J.
Fox,
the
acto
a d
Pa ki so ‘s
disease
advocate,
put
a
st iki g
twist
o
that
idea.
“I
thi k
the
sca iest
pe so
i
the
wo ld
is
the
pe so
with
o
se se
of
humo ,”
he
said.
Not
bei g
able
to
laugh,
i
his
f ami g,
is
ot
simply
a
pe so ality
qui k.
It
ge ui ely
limits
how
someo e
ca
espo d
to
life,
a d
comi g
f om
someo e
who
has
lived
with
a
se ious,
lifelo g
ill ess
fo
decades,
the
li e
ca ies
a
good
deal
mo e
weight
tha
a
passi g
joke.

Quote
of
the
day
by
Michael
J.
Fox

“I
thi k
the
sca iest
pe so
i
the
wo ld
is
the
pe so
with
o
se se
of
humo “

Whe e
this
quote
actually
comes
f om

This
li e
comes
f om
a
i te view
Fox
gave
to
jou alist
Amy
Wallace,
published
o
Reade ‘s
Digest’s
website.
Fox
is
ot
eally
suggesti g
that
a
humou less
pe so
is
da ge ous
i
a y
lite al
se se.
He
is
poi ti g
at
the
se ious ess
that
te ds
to
su ou d
someo e
who
ca ot
laugh
at
themselves,
ca ot
ecog ise
i o y,
a d
ca ot
fi d
a y
light ess
i
a
ge ui ely
difficult
mome t.
Humou
c eates
eal
dista ce
f om
a
p oblem.

It
lets
someo e
ack owledge
that
somethi g
is
ha d
without
letti g
it
completely
take
ove .

Why
humou
matte s
most
du i g
ge ui ely
difficult
st etches

Life
i evitably
b i gs
disappoi tme t,
u ce tai ty
a d
eal
st ess.
Humou
ca ot
solve
eve y
p oblem
o
its
ow ,
but
it
ca
ge ui ely
cha ge
how
someo e
espo ds
to
o e.
Bei g
able
to
laugh
du i g
a
ha d
pe iod
offe s
a
small
emotio al
b eak,
a d
it
ca
help
people
commu icate
whe
a
di ect,
se ious
co ve satio
feels
too
u comfo table
to
actually
have.
No e
of
this
mea s
eve y
situatio
dese ves
to
be
t eated
as
a
joke.
Humou
a d
ge ui e
se ious ess
ca
exist
side
by
side.

How
humou
actually
helps
people
ma age
st ess

St ess
te ds
to
a ow
someo e’s
atte tio
dow
e ti ely
o to
the
immediate
p oblem
i
f o t
of
them.
A
mome t
of
eal
laughte
ca
i te upt
that
cycle.
Resea ch
i to
humou
a d
st ess
has
suggested
that
positive
humou
ca
ge ui ely
i flue ce
mood
a d
help
people
cope
with
st essful
expe ie ces,
a d
laughte
itself
is
li ked
to
physiological
cha ges,
i cludi g
a
elease
of
muscle
te sio .
No e
of
this
should
be
ove stated.
Humou
is
eve
a
substitute
fo
p ofessio al
help
o
a
p actical
solutio
whe
someo e
faces
a
ge ui ely
se ious
p oblem.
As
a
eve yday
copi g
tool,
though,
it
ca
offe
a
ge ui ely
useful
shift
i
pe spective.

Why
laughi g
at
you
ow
mistakes
actually
matte s

O e
of
the
most
valuable
fo ms
of
humou
is
simply
bei g
able
to
laugh
at
you
ow
missteps.
Nobody
gets
eve ythi g
ight.
People
misp o ou ce
wo ds,
misjudge
situatio s
a d
occasio ally
emba ass
themselves,
a d
someo e
who
ca
ack owledge
a
mistake
without
bei g
co sumed
by
emba assme t
te ds
to
fi d
it
easie
to
actually
lea
f om
it.
Self-di ected
humou
also
te ds
to
make
social
i te actio s
co side ably
mo e
comfo table,
si ce
it
sig als
that
a
pe so
does
ot
expect
flawless
pe fectio
f om
eithe
themselves
o
a yo e
else
a ou d
them.

Why
humou
ca
ge ui ely
st e gthe
elatio ships

Sha ed
laughte
helps
people
fo m
eal
co ectio s.
F ie ds,
colleagues
a d
family
membe s
ofte
use
humou
to
build
a
se se
of
familia ity
a d
t ust,
a d
a
well-placed
joke
ca
b eak
te sio
that
a
se ious
co ve satio
might
st uggle
to
shift
o
its
ow .
The e
is
a
impo ta t
li e
he e
wo th
bei g
clea
about,
betwee
humou
that
actually
b i gs
people
togethe
a d
humou
that
humiliates
someo e
else.
Jokes
built
o
c uelty
o
p ejudice
te d
to
damage
elatio ships
athe
tha
ge ui ely
st e gthe
them,
a d
the
most
co st uctive
ki d
of
humou
has
eve
eally
eeded
a yo e
else
to
get
hu t.

Michael
J.
Fox’s
ow
pe spective
o
adve sity

Fox
became
o e
of
the
most
ecog isable
acto s
of
his
ge e atio
th ough
films
a d
televisio ,
i cludi g
Back
to
the
Futu e
a d
Family
Ties.
I
1991,
at
the
age
of
29,
he
was
diag osed
with
Pa ki so ‘s
disease.
He
late
made
the
diag osis
public
a d
became
a
p omi e t
advocate
fo
Pa ki so ‘s
esea ch
th ough
the
Michael
J.
Fox
Fou datio .
His
public
app oach
to
livi g
with
the
co ditio
has
co siste tly
i cluded
ho esty,
ge ui e
optimism
a d
humou ,
which
gives
his
comme ts
about
laughte
a
ext a
dime sio .
His
poi t
was
eve
that
difficult
expe ie ces
a e
i he e tly
fu y.
It
is
that
holdi g
o to
a
se se
of
humou
ca
help
someo e
p ese ve
eal
pe spective
while
actually
faci g
a
ge ui e
challe ge.

Why
humou
is
ot
the
same
thi g
as
avoidi g
a
eal
p oblem

The e
is
a
mea i gful
diffe e ce
betwee
usi g
humou
to
cope
with
somethi g
difficult
a d
usi g
it
to
avoid
actually
deali g
with
it
at
all.
Some
p oblems
ge ui ely
equi e
se ious
atte tio
a d
eal
actio ,
a d
obody
ca
simply
laugh
away
fi a cial
difficulty,
ill ess
o
g ief.
What
humou
ca
offe
i stead
is
a
small
amou t
of
emotio al
b eathi g
space
while
someo e
co ti ues
add essi g
the
actual
u de lyi g
issue,
which
is
eally
the
whole
disti ctio
wo th
holdi g
o to
he e.

Why
bei g
atu ally
se ious
is
ot
actually
a
flaw

Fox’s
quote
is
delibe ately
p ovocative,
a d
it
should
ot
be
ead
as
suggesti g
that
se ious
people
a e
i he e tly
u pleasa t.
Some
people
atu ally
have
quiete
pe so alities,
o
simply
exp ess
humou
i
a
diffe e t
way.
The
b oade
lesso
is
eally
about
flexibility
athe
tha
pe so ality
type.
Someo e
who
ca
be
ge ui ely
se ious
whe
it
matte s,
while
still
fi di g
mome ts
of
humou
elsewhe e,
te ds
to
have
mo e
ways
of
espo di g
to
life’s
challe ges
tha
someo e
who
t eats
eve y
si gle
situatio
with
exactly
the
same
level
of
weight.

Othe
memo able
quotes
by
Michael
J.
Fox

Why
people
still
fi d
mea i g
i
this
quote

Humou
is
easy
to
u de ate,
si ce
it
ca
look
i sig ifica t
ext
to
mo e
obviously
se ious
qualities
like
i tellige ce
o
discipli e.
Eve
so,
the
ability
to
laugh
ge ui ely
shapes
how
people
commu icate,
ha dle
thei
ow
mistakes
a d
espo d
to
eal
difficulty.
Fox’s
quote
offe s
a
delibe ately
p ovocative
emi de
that
life
does
ot
always
eed
to
be
app oached
with
complete
se ious ess.
The e
will
be
mome ts
whe
humou
is
ge ui ely
i app op iate,
a d
p oblems
that
ca ot
be
laughed
away
at
all.
I
betwee
those
mome ts,
though,
holdi g
o to
a
se se
of
humou
te ds
to
keep
people
co ected,
flexible
a d
hopeful,
which
is
eally
the
whole
poi t
behi d
the
li e.

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