I love to laugh! Laughing feels good! We can get through anything, even serious sickness or very negative circumstances, with laughter. What an interesting patient Norman Cousins was. Not satisfied with a negative fatal diagnosis, he found a cure through laughter to his painful, crippling disease. He literally laughed his way to health. You might have seen his story in the movie Patch Adams. How amazing to see the physical results of laughter….lower blood pressure, increased vascular blood flow, oxygenation of the blood, and even a muscle workout. Laughter just makes us feel good. In our stress filled world, laughter helps ease tension and helps us “de-stress”. Even in the midst of serious situations, a little brevity can lighten the tension. Try it next time you’re in a stressful situation. Something I quote often is this, “if it is gonna be funny later, it may as well be funny now.” Take advantage of each moment, and bring laughter to your life. Often in the midst of doing something embarrassing, we can learn to laugh at ourselves right then. What might have been uncomfortable, becomes bearable because we applied laughter to the situation.