Mourning Mirth With A Chuckle

How awful is it to be sitting here among friends as well as strangers in this house of mourning, so many I know are wise in the ways of the heart, but there are a few that have the heart of fools and if I didn’t know any better, I would say their mirth is barely concealed over this somber moment.

Perhaps they are thinking when the will is read they will get something, but I know better since I am the attorney who will read the contents. Only two people will inherit the wealth and property, and even then, a portion of that wealth is bound for charity.

The heart of many fools reside here today, but only two with the heart of the wise, will walk away, not just richer in wealth, but wiser for being loved by one man who chose to love the few, and slightly acknowledge the many.

When this day is done, the mourning will still continue for the fools who thought they had something coming.

Now that, is a true sense of mirth even I can chuckle over.

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As I felt the use of the epigraph was far too long for a title, I intermingled this epigraph from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton – "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."