Four Thoughts About Humour and Laughter

1. " There ain't much fun in medicine, but there's a lot of medicine in fun." Josh Billings ( 19th Century humourist

2. "You begin to solve your problems when you start to see the humour in them." Anon

3. "Humour makes bad things better and good things better still." Anon

4. "If you're not allowed to laugh in heaven I don't want to go there" Martin Luther

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Some Thoughts About Humor

It was a beautiful Fall day here in Canada- a great day to put the lawnmower away and get the snow blower out of the shed. It won't be long now until the snow flies.

I have been getting a lot of requests to speak on the healing nature of humor and I really welcome the opportunities. Here are a few thoughts I have put together on the topic.

1. Humor is another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self preservation. Victor Frankl

2. Every time a person laughs or smiles something great is added to the fabric of life.

3.Everything humor touches improves.

4. Always look for comedy in your chaos.

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My Crusade to Humorize the World

 

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I'm On A Crusade to Humorize the Entire World

Sound like a huge undertaking?
Maybe, but why not think BIG?

WHY MY CRUSADE???

Because the world needs humor and laughter in a BIG WAY!!

* Stress is making us ill and even killing us

* We're living in an age of Rage

* Violence continues to hurt and divide us

* We can't get along with one another at home, at work and even at play.

* We live in fear of so many things and we worry constantly about things that will never happen

* Huge numbers of us are on antidepressants and tranquilizers.
( 28 million Americans are on antidepressants)

* We have lost the joy of living

OK, but what can Humor and laughter do?

Glad you asked...

1. They cut stress in half by reducing cortisol
( The stress hormone)

2. Lower blood pressure

3. Increase your energy

4. Promote happiness and joy

5. Stimulate the immune system

6. Promote healing (physical and emotional)

7. Positive humor fosters a positive attitude

8. Promote social flexibility

9. Increase endorphins ( feel good chemicals)

10. Humor has been called SOCIAL GLUE because it bonds us to one another and reduces social conflict.

It is the most overlooked and underprescribed therapy going
AND THE MOST INEXPENSIVE

What can You Do??
1. Commit yourself to joy and laughter. We become what we focus on.

2. Become a humor hound. Carry a notebook and a pen with you and record the funny things your see and experience.

3. Learn to laugh at yourself.

4. Collect cartoons and short humor and put them on your fridge door.

5. Practise humor therapy each day and reap the fantastic health and social benefits.

6. Follow my blog .

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HUMOR IN THE WORKPLACE by Mike Moore

1. Humor reduces stress levels and stress is the number one problem confronting employees today.

2. Laughter boosts morale while stress erodes staff morale. It is in the best interest of any business to invest in the happiness of its employees. Laughter is an effective barometer of just how happy your people are.

3. Keeping things in perspective tends to boost morale and humor helps us keep things in perspective.

4. Humor helps facilitate change. Change is inevitable and people who laugh well and often tend to be more flexible and adaptable.

5. Communication improves when humor is used appropriately. The timely use of humor can get a point across effectively and assists in the process of problem solving.

6. Laughter and humor relieve boredom and increase creative energy.

7. Humor builds confidence. When we laugh at ourselves we are less rigid and more spontaneous. We tend to bounce back more quickly when negative things happen. Humor also makes us less fearful of making mistakes and more confident about overcoming setbacks.

8. Laughter and humor promote positive relationships. When you hear a funny story your first impulse is to tell someone and share the laughter. When laughter is shared a natural bonding takes place.

9. Humor promotes happiness and joy. It's good to be alive.

10. Quality relationships are measured by the amount of laughter present. When relationships are good, people laugh a lot. The same applies to businesses. When employees enjoy one another and laugh easily and often, we see performance improve and profits increase.

11. The humor I speak of here must never be based on laughing at someone, racism, sexism, put downs, sarcasm or ridicule. These forms of humor are destructive attempts at making one look good by making another look and feel badly. There is enough good humor to last a lifetime. Just look for it.
THEY WHO LAUGH............LAST.