Helen Keller, the deafblind American author, once said: “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” And it is often said all healing is first the healing of the heart. And what better way to heal the heart than humor. Not only can humour help in alleviating of diseases, it can also work as a potent age eraser for you. Laughing like a little kid every now and then can be a great way to keep yourself young. Humor has been found capable of relaxing the body, easing the mind, relieving stress and boosting creativity and problem-solving capabilities. While humor may not be a cure-all for all your health related problems, it is a tool which you must keep in your toolbox. It is a great way to beat the stress and make you feel better about the life. When something strikes your brain as funny, your body responds with a laugh. That simple, involuntary action can help you reap some brilliant short-term benefits, say the experts. When you have a hearty laugh, you flex, then relax, 15 facial muscles plus scores of others all over your body. Your pulse and respiration increase briefly and this oxygenates your blood. The brain, in turn, experiences a decrease in the perception of pain, possibly associated with the production of pain-killing, pleasure-giving chemicals called endorphin. Evidence related to laughter boosting your immunity also exists. By the time you're done with laughing, your body is calmer and your brain clearer. You may even surprised to discover that headache has vanished.
While measuring of long-term effects of laughter is difficult, many doctors have started working humor into treatments. They feel that if used judiciously, laughter help patients with recovery. If nothing else, it can at least make the patient feel better for shorter duration of time. Even if you enjoy a sound health, a good sense of humor can help you deal with the stress and unpleasant circumstances in life in a better way.
Let's look at what you can do for incorporating humor in your daily life:
Look for humor in everyday life. Look for people doing funny things, or animals or children or anything that makes you laugh.
You think you are always buried under a mountain of work. But view it from a child's perspective. Do you think he would be petrified by the burdens in life? Nah!
Check your humor pulse. See what is which makes you laugh. Santa-Banta jokes, PJs, slapstick comedies or witty humor.
Make sure that you learn to you draw the line. I mean, you won't want to laugh during the funeral or a court proceeding, would you?
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