You are endowed with certain naughtiness as a child. Keep it alive. Humour will grease all though situations. One who has humour can sail through any conflict. 

Humour is the buffer that saves you from humiliation. If you refuse to be humiliated, you become invincible. Humour brings everyone together, while humiliated tears them apart. In a society torn with humiliation and insult, humour is like a breathe of fresh air. 

Humour should be coupled with care and concern. Humour can keep the spirit high, yet if overdone it leaves a bad taste. Humour without wisdom is shallow. Humour without sensitivity is satire, it comes back to you with more problems. 

The wise use of humour to bring wisdom and to lighten situations. The intelligent use humour as a shield against humiliation. The cruel use humour as a sword to insult others. The irresponsible use humour to escape from responsibility. And fools take humour too seriously.

How does one cultivate a sense of humour? Humour is not just words, it is lightness of your being. You do not have to read and repeat jokes. Taking life not too seriously (because you will never come out of it alive) Having a sense of belongingness with everybody, including those who are not friendly. 

Practicing yoga and meditation. Having unshakable faith in the Divine and in the laws of karma. Being in the company of those who live in knowledge and are humorous. A willingness to be a clown.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji 

25 WAYS TO A BETTER LIFE