Laughing Our Worries Away
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“Always laugh when you can. It’s cheap medicine” - Lord Byron
· “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” - Phyllis Diller
Many times in our hectic lives we
fall into the habit of taking things ... life, far too seriously. We don’t stop
and rate the real importance, we don’t take the time
to put things that happen to us into perspective. We certainly don’t always
stop and smell the roses or the lilacs or even the dandelions. We react. We
stress our bodies, ourselves, we damage our essence. We don’t ask ourselves,
when confronted with something stressful, will this
matter 2 days from now, or 2 weeks or 2 months from now?
It is NOT worth getting your knickers in a twist, not worth straining your artery walls for. We can choose not to react, not to freak, not to worry, not to fret. The ball is always in our court. We must take the time to pause and put things into perspective.
Laughter is a good drug. The chemical benefits from smiling and laughter are the same, whether they are real or fake. Your body still pumps out the endorphin when you grin at yourself, or force a laugh. You reap what you sow, it’s amazing. Believe in laughter, it heals.
Problem is, we don’t laugh nearly
enough….