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Today's
quotation:
Wholehearted,
ready laughter heals, encourages, relaxes anyone
within hearing distance. The laughter that springs from love
makes
wide the space around it-- gives room for the loved one to enter in.
Real laughter welcomes, and never shuts out.
Eugenia Price
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Today's
Meditation:
I love
laughter. It's gotten me through some very difficult
times, and it has always helped me out even during good
times. Whenever I've been in stressful situations,
I've looked for funny books or television shows so that I
can make sure that I'm laughing every day because I know
how important it is to me and to my health-- both mentally
and physically. And I love how Eugenia has said that
"real laughter welcomes," for I know that real
laughter doesn't come from making fun of or mocking
others, but from true enjoyment and love.
Laughter
is truly a balm, something that affects us
physically and emotionally. When we're laughing, the
world doesn't seem so ominous, and we're reminded not to
take ourselves so incredibly seriously. I can't
imagine a life without laughter because I can't imagine
taking this roller coaster of a life so seriously that I
can't find anything to laugh at. The truth is that
there are tons of things to laugh at all the time, and
that includes myself. Heck, especially myself.
I
have funny books, funny movies, funny television shows,
and funny pictures. I love reading comic strips
before I fall asleep because they're light and easy to
read, and I fall asleep having just laughed at something
funny-- Calvin and Hobbes is a favorite. The
point is that I make a conscious effort to fill my life
with things that make me smile or laugh because I know the
wonderful effects that both smiling and laughing have on
me, and I want to do all that I can to keep those effects
alive and well in my life.
It's
important to keep ourselves laughing, and important to
make sure that we're not laughing at other people's
expense. There are plenty of legitimate things to
laugh at without using other people to fill our needs--
that kind of laughter isn't healthy, anyway.
Keep looking for things that make you smile or make you
laugh out loud, and when you find them, keep them on
hand-- they're a treasure that you'll cherish forever!
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