Humor and Laughter Heals
Remember those times when you were sitting around with your friends and
the jokes were making the rounds one by one everyone trying to out do the other.
The
common thing was the laughter and smiles that took place. It seemed
to get your mind off things that may have been bothering you at the time.
The
Benefits of Laughter
Bedtime is a good time to laugh. Try reading a book full of
jokes and humor next time. It can help you go to sleep and possibly give you
a better night's rest from wearing yourself out before the lights go out. Have
your ever laughed so hard you become tired and sleepy?
Have you forgotten how to laugh? Turn the channel next time from the serious dramatic real life stories and watch programs that are humorous. Next time your at the mall go to the eateries and enjoy a healthy refreshment and just sit and observe other people and you will be able to recognize those that are sad, serious, shy and funny. Which one are you?
Laughter - enjoy it because it gives you a moment of joy, good feelings linger after a good laugh. How many times have we said "been there - done that" and we enjoy observing someone else experiencing what you have graduated from already.
Laughter can begin when one realizes that life is just crazy sometimes and just rack it up as experience and be ready for it next time it confronts you head on. How many bumper stickers tell us this everyday as we go down the road of life?
Laughter helps relieve stress from emotions trapped inside us along with anger and frustrations. Laughter leads to a cathartic release of emotion, can help to release pent-up feelings of anger and frustration in a socially acceptable way, and is often followed by a state of relaxation and a feeling of reduced tension. Aside from the psychological benefits, laughter affects the body in a number of positive ways as well.
Laughter releases endorphins – natural chemicals in your body that have a pain relieving effect and create a feeling of pleasure.
Laughter brings people together by helping to break the ice that people have when they meet for the first time. This is why some public speakers start out with something humorous to help relax them and the audience.
Laughter causes us to expand our lungs. This helps release exhausted air from the lungs. Laughter relaxes our body and redirects our attention from stress.
Establish a time of day for you or the family for just some "silly time". This can help the whole family that might be feeding each other's stress and obstacles of everyday life. Caution - young kids can really get silly and may soon become annoying, but its "silly time" so work through it.
Laughter on the job can be helpful during a break. If you break alone, the bookstores have a section full of humor. Buy one and take it to work instead of that serious pulp fiction. Laugh off that job stress. It can help the rest of your day especially if things aren't going well or you have reached mental block.
Lighten up and get loose
by placing yourself among people and friends that you know has a sense of humor
and never seem to have a worry in the world. You may remember Alfred E. Newman's
motto "What me worry", a MAD magazine that most of us probably read
once or twice in our life. It was full of humorous parities of life.
In the following
cartoons let us make fun of ourselves and maybe you too:
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| Ok, doctors. What seems to be the problem? |
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| Aren't you glad its not our boat! |
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| Probably one of the first exercise gadgets on record.. | |
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| Charlie,
bring me the paper... |
Now this "good dog" is going |
| Good dog! | to check my e-mail. |
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team preparing for surgery |
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---------------- Hospital Charts 1. The patient refused an
autopsy. ------------------------------------------------------------ An elderly man... had serious
hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the
doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed
the gentleman to hear 100%. Two elderly gentlemen from
a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns
to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of
aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?' An elderly couple had dinner
at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table
and went into the kitchen. Hospital Rules! Couple in their nineties are
both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor
tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start
writing things down to help them remember… A senior citizen said to
his eighty-year old buddy: Three old guys are out
walking. Morris, an 82 year-old
man, went to the doctor to get a physical. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hungry? Here's A Heart Attack MEAL To Die For ----------------------------------------------------------- Here is a link for
the Baby Boomers to laugh at:
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