Laugh Just Laugh!

You don't need a reason to laugh. If you just fake a laugh you get the benefits of a real laugh. Don't wait for a reason to laugh. Sometimes in this serious life, a good reason for laughing never comes. William James said, "We don't laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh. Many of us would never laugh if we waited for a reason.

Laughter is physical, humor is intellectual. We can laugh any time we want to for no reason. Children laugh about 300 to 400 times a day. Adults laugh between 8 and 15. What happened?As adults many of us start to take life way too seriously. As Woody Allen said, "You might as well enjoy life, because you are not going to get out of life alive anyway."

Listed below are ways to bring more laughter into your life:

* Read or collect humorous material from your favorite comedy writers and comedians.

* Collect cartoons and jokes you enjoy from the Internet, newspapers, magazine, etc. Share these with your friends, co-workers, and family, and even complete strangers.

* Pledge to yourself that every person you run across during the day you will help smile or laugh.

* Use exaggeration to help get perspective. Jokingly expand the situation to life and death proportions.

* Be more playful. Try being dramatic, silly, and improvisational. Others will pick up your spirit and laughter.

So laugh just laugh. And if you can't do it for real, just say TEE HEE! HOO HOO and give the best fake laugh you can.

Laughter is probably the only thing that faking it is almost as good as the real thing.

Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
http://www.janaruth.biz/
http://www.laughandlivehappier.com/
http://www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com/

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