Laughter is Good for the Soul

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Everyone knows laughter is good for the soul.  It’s easy to do when everything around you is happy. 

But when times get tough, you really best get to laughing.  There is not a day that goes by without laughter in our house.  Even on days that seem to have some awfulness to them, we still laugh.  It helps having a preschooler living amongst us… Little ones are so very present, it’s difficult not to join in their endless wonder and absolute involvement in the moment at hand. 

See, the thing you must remember, is that laughter is contagious.  Just try to keep a straight face when someone in front of you is bursting with laughter!  And when it takes you over, there’s no holding back.  Your entire body’s engaged, washing away stress and worry. 

A sense of humor will help you get through this life with joy and contentment.  There will always be struggle, that’s part of being human.  That doesn’t mean we have to be miserable.  How you face the situation at hand determines your happiness. 

“[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon--laughter. Power, Money, Persuasion, Supplication, Persecution--these can lift at a colossal humbug,--push it a little-- crowd it a little--weaken it a little, century by century: but only Laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand.” –Mark Twain

That's one way to water a plant...