The Lawyer’s Well-Being Brief

What can we learn from the 3 laughing monks?

“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”- Hal Borland

Once upon a time in ancient China there lived 3 old monks. They never revealed their names to anyone, but in China, they are known as the three laughing monks. They always stayed together and did nothing but laugh. They traveled to every village and city spreading the joy of laughter.

One day, the three monks visited a village and stood in the center of its main square, and started laughing. Slowly people noticed them and couldn’t resist their temptation to laugh. The joy on the monks’ faces was so profound and the laughter was so contagious, that the whole village started laughing. At that very moment, they left the village and moved to the next village.

Their laughter was their only prayer and their only teaching. They were respected and loved very much by everyone. Their teachings were simple because they only had one message, which was to laugh. They didn’t teach like we are used to, they would simply create a situation where they just laughed. As they went from village to village, and laughed, they became famous all over the country.

While staying in one village. One of the three monks died. The whole village became very much…