How do I Get on Stage and be Funny When Everything Hurts?
How do I go on stage and be funny when everything hurts?"
I like to help people. I thrive in it, but when he said that, I could feel myself like, I don't know--jump--to the occasion.
I didn't know whether the comedian in me was feeling heroic or schadenfreude; some kind of sadistic enjoyment that someone else was suffering.
So I took a breath and just let words come out of my mouth. I'm sure it was rambling--like these blog posts the three of you endure from me!
I said, "I'm sorry you're going through such pain. Don't fight it. You're human. Embrace it.
"Allow yourself to wallow in it and experience it, but when that spotlight turns on and they call your name...