Step 1 - Let go. Give yourself permission to feel giddy and light-hearted about life. Taking things too seriously can lead to stomach ulcers and stress. Take time out of everyday to look at the funny side of life and laugh.
Step 2 - Turn on the funny. Look for humor. Check out your favorite comic strip in the paper, pick up your favorite witty author, or turn on the T.V. for a laugh. Comedians can usually deliver a laugh or two. You can also lean on a favorite old comedy or sitcom to make you laugh.
Step 3 - Make light of your follies. Laugh at yourself every once in a while. This doesn't mean turn to humor to deflect judgement, it just means that when you make a mistake it is okay to laugh.
Step 4 - Lean on memories. Think about random funny stories in your past. Laughter can come from anywhere, and drawing from your memory is the easiest place to go.
Step 5 - Children make us laugh because they tend to be unencumbered by life as adults are. Take time to spend time with your children or others, just watch them in order to make yourself laugh.
Laughter lowers blood pressure.
People who laugh heartily on a regular basis have lower standing blood pressure than the average person. When people have a good laugh, initially the blood pressure increases, but then it decreases to levels below normal. Breathing then becomes deeper which sends oxygen enriched blood and nutrients throughout the body.
Humor changes our biochemical state.
Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases infection fighting antibodies. It increases our attentiveness, heart rate, and pulse.
Laughter protects the heart.
Laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack, according to the study at the University of Maryland Medical Center (cited above). The study, which is the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease.
Laughter gives our bodies a good workout.
Laughter can be a great workout for your diaphragm, abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles. It massages abdominal organs, tones intestinal functioning, and strengthens the muscles that hold the abdominal organs in place. Not only does laughter give your midsection a workout, it can benefit digestion and absorption functioning as well. It is estimated that hearty laughter can burn calories equivalent to several minutes on the rowing machine or the exercise bike.
Humor improves brain function and relieves stress.
Laughter stimulates both sides of the brain to enhance learning. It eases muscle tension and psychological stress, which keeps the brain alert and allows people to retain more information
PROVERBS 17: 22 - A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
ANONYMOUS - A joyful heart is a heart full of laughter.
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