Gurudev was known to be ready-witted and often cracked jokes, sometimes particularly to illustrate a point. Once, in a satsang, he cracked a joke. It was funny and we all laughed. Some time later, he cracked the same joke and we laughed again.
The third time he repeated it, there were some sniggers here and there but nobody really laughed. The fourth time around, every body looked at him, completely bewildered.
Why was Gurudev repeating the same joke again and again? “Why?” he asked, “Don’t you find the joke funny any more? If you can’t laugh at the same joke again and again, why do you cry over the same thing again and again? DROP IT!”