Five Important Lessons April Fool’s Day Can Teach Us

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.” –Mark Twain

Ah, April Fool’s Day; such a breath of mischievous fresh air. Shenanigans, tomfoolery, clowning, general monkey business, it’s the day we are reminded of the paradoxical truth of the human condition: we are fallible, prone to mistakes, imperfect, barely-evolved animals with heads too full of so-called answers, and hearts full of mostly suppressed questions.

We get lost in our words. We get lost in our minds. We get lost: full stop. And one of the most powerful ways we have to get unlost, to get found again, is through practical jokes, high humor, satire and a loving mockery of the human condition…