IT'S NO JOKE!

“If there is one regret Ihave about my marriage, it’s how little I laughed. So much to laugh about in life, and yet I deprived myself. Why?… Because what really is there to laugh about? Only now, as I lie on this dying-bed, do I realize it, life is funny. People fighting over a piece of land that none of them can take along when death comes. How is that not funny? Everyone wants something to make them happy, only to realize that, they want something else to make them happy-how is that not funny?” (Fortunately, these are not my words) Rather they are a reflection by Yaya in the book HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE written by Imbolo Mbue.

Norman Cousins, author, professor, political journalist and world peace advocate did research on the biochemistry of the interconnection between emotions and attitude and health. He applied his belief to his own healing after being diagnosed with a serious illness. One of his memorable quotes is, “Laughter is a form of jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an ignitor of great expectations.”

Google all the scientific aspects of laughter, the many quotes about laughter, and the bountiful book titles about jokes and laughter. While you’re at it YouTube a funny video or do something silly so you can laugh by yourself.

My friend Holly asks her two young grandsons a joke every morning as she drives them to school. Her source is THE BIG BOOK OF SILLY JOKES FOR KIDS. And i love the silliness of learning some of the answers.

Get started to increase your daily dose of laughter. It’s important for your health. ITS NO JOKE!!!!!!