Question

Laugh after sitting on the lid of the box. What's the reason behind this? (from the poem 'Then Laugh')​

Answer 1

Then Laugh

by Bertha Adams Backus

Build for yourself a strong box,

Fashion each part with care;

When it's strong as your hand can make it,

Put all your troubles there;

Hide there all thought of your failures,

And each bitter cup that you quaff;

Lock all your heartaches within it,

Then sit on the lid and laugh.

Tell no one else its contents,

Never its secrets share;

When you've dropped in your care and worry

Keep them forever there;

Hide them from sight so completely

That the world will never dream half;

Fasten the strong box securely-

Then sit on the lid and laugh.

Then laugh is a motivational poem by Bertha Adams Bucks. The poetess symbolises our mental strength as tough wooden box in which we can lock our troubles.

The poetess asks readers to cover all sorrows and heartaches with optimism. She request us to laugh on our failures.

She believes that sharing sorrow is useless and brings more pain. She also advises readers to keep their failures as a secret within the mind. The best medicine for sorrow is laughter.