The pain in your life comes from many places.  Sometimes its source is mundane--an egg drops to the floor and it breaks.  Other times its source is profound--we receive a Dear John or a Dear Jane letter and our heart breaks. Whatever our hurt, there is a big difference between pain and suffering.  Our pain may not cease, but humor can minimize our suffering by giving us power in what appears to be a powerless situation.

        Allen Klein

        The Healing Power of Humor

        Prologue, pp. xxi