Laughter has always been considered as the best medicine. Clearly, everybody needs a good laugh from time to time. We need to laugh our hearts out in order to veer away from the routinary and phlegmatic ways of living. Unfortunately, with all the problems bombarding us in our daily lives, we sometimes find it improbable to crack one hearty laugh at life.
I personally admire people who see humor in unlikely things and in very inconvenient situations. Take for example bumping into an acquaintance during a party who was apparently wearing the same dress that you were wearing. Other people would become uncomfortable, ashamed, and even feel bad about it, while some would find it funny in a peculiar way and would just laugh it out. Studies show that learning or being able to laugh at difficult circumstances like this would not only send positive vibes to one’s body, but would also improve the immune system, increase pain tolerance, reduce the risk of heart diseases, and a lot more. One concrete proof on this matter is a study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas on people with ages 65 years and older who were monitored for six years. They found out that subjects who scored high on their happiness questionnaire had a significantly lower risk of stroke compared to their counterparts who scored poorly. This study somewhat suggests that the happier and the more often a person laughs, the healthier he or she becomes. With several studies conducted in this field, laughter has been proven to provide wonders to our well being either psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually.
With this in mind, may we also take time to laugh at ourselves with the silly things that we do, or with the petty things that may happen us. Let us allow ourselves to laugh as much as we can, until our tears would come rolling down our cheeks coz when we do, then, we would also be healing wounds from within.
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