"L" Is For Laughter

        The Gift of Laughter

Laughter is the zest of life;

The zip that springs your step.

The trigger for your body’s health,

The thing that fuels your pep.

It’s free, it’s fun, it eases pain,

Improves your mood and stress.

Protects the heart, increases strength,

And makes you feel so blessed.

Infectious laughter is a gift;

We all need lots of fun.

Laughter lifts, delights and heals,

And makes our hearts feel warm.

                   Elaine Beachy

                   March 25, 2013

Proverbs 17:22 (NIV) says “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”  Isn’t that the truth?  We’ve all probably experienced times when we laughed so hard our sides ached, and our cheeks and our stomachs were sore.  There is something so cleansing about a good belly-laugh.  My Auntie Fannie calls it “internal jogging,” and I think she’s right.  When she and my mom get to laughing, there's hardly a track long enough to stop that train! :o)

Do you have enough laughter in your life?  If you seldom laugh, check to see who you’re hanging out with, who your friends are.  Negative friends can drag you down, and you may need to surround yourself with new friends for the sake of your own health. 

Listening to too much news on radio or TV can drag you down and make you feel hopeless. 

And don’t take yourself too seriously.  Learn to laugh at yourself.  Nobody’s perfect, and neither are you. 

Here’s a link that gives you some good ideas how to increase the laughter ratio in your life: http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm

And here are a few jokes for you from a website at http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/cleanjokes.html

Q.  What do you call a fake noodle?

A.  An Impasta.

Q.  Why are frogs so happy?

A.  They eat whatever bugs them.

Q.  What do you get from a pampered cow?

A.  Spoiled milk.

Q.  Did you hear about that new broom?

A.  It’s sweeping the nation!

Q.  What do lawyers wear to court?

A.  Lawsuits.

Q.  How do you make a tissue dance?

A.  Put a little boogey in it!

On that note I’ll exit, stage right.  Goodnight everybody, and God bless!

Copyright © 2013 Elaine Beachy