Sometimes FUNNY is less HA HA HA
and a lot more of AHHHH-HAAAAAA. . .
FUNNY BUSINESS
A few years ago I became a
C L L
. . .that’s right,
a real bonafide
CERTIFIED LAUGHTER LEADER
even though
LAUGHING
and attempting to make people
H A P P Y(IER)
has been a life long pursuit of mine. . .
enter the infamous JOYOLOGIST
STEVE WILSON and his beautiful bride, Pamela
I attended their WORLD LAUGHTER TOUR
Steve Wilson| Psychologist | The Joyologist | Cheerman of the Bored
Director-National Humor Month
http://www.worldlaughtertour.com
http://www.humormonth.com
http://www.stevewilson.com
http://www.laughterfoundation.org
Skype: s_h_wilson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Laughter-Tour/57984062492
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehwilson
Twitter: (@joyologist)
Phone: 614-855-4733
Blog: http://www.laughterandhumor.blogspot.comand it was literally
LIFE CHANGING. . .
I have had the privilege/pleasure of actually hosting several LAUGHTER SESSIONS and have shared some of those techniques in several of the presentations I do and believe me, no pun intended. . .
THIS IS NO FUNNY BUSINESS,
in fact the one simple-start-using-it-at-this-very-second-give-a-away
IS FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. . .
That’s right, even fake laughing for a mere 15-30 seconds gives you all of the health benefits of actually laughing as if you were watching your favorite comedy or having a laughfest with your friends. . .
In fact, SMILING has the same kind of benefits, especially when you feel the least like cracking a smile. . .
and yet even FAKE SMILING opens wide those big Carotid arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood and instantly changes your mood and demeanor. . .
FUNNY BUSINESSThis past Sunday, Steve DIRECT MESSAGED me the image below
It made me take a look at a pile of books I had in a corner section of the library I have in my basement and WHAAAAAAA-LAAAAAAAA I found thisLord Is a Whisper at Midnight https://a.co/d/bW9xGyHbook that I hadn’t opened in a while but slid in a chair on a rainy afternoon and let it READ ME as much as I pursued it. . .
FUNNY BUSINESS
I was COLOR BLINDED no more and the smiles weren’t fakeTHANK YOU, STEVE WILSON
for HOW-TO
that made the WANT-TO
feel kind of
F U N N Y
naturally. . .
S M I L E S
S O M E
say we just don’t do
I T
enough
O T H E R S
say there’s just no reason to do
I T
which means we should all not just try
to do more of
I T
but make it one of our missions
to be the cause that everyone
we meet does
I T
S M I L E
S M I L E
DO WE EVER DO ENOUGH OF
SMILING
AND ARE WE
ALL OUT
SMILE MAKERS
THE CAUSER OF SMILES. . .
Over the years, I’ve come across a few cartoons and pictures that really bring a smile to my face and now hopefully yours:
The World
will give us all kinds of reasons to
NOT SMILE
and even more to make sure
we keep others from smiling, too
SMILE STEALERS
but not now. . .
NOT TODAY
BE THE REASON
Another loses their Frown
. . .BE THAT
Caring Catalyst of You
BRING YOUR SMILE
and be the fault
of giving it to
ANOTHER
YE-HAW
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
NO BRAIN NECESSARY
Earning Your BLINK
Outrageous isn’t it?
Just another attempt and usually
a feeble one
at me trying to get a laugh
or making some idle point. . .
No. . . No. . . not this time. . .
It’s me getting inspired
While trying to inspire
At least once a week Erin goes over to our daughters house and helps with our grandkids. . .
As they pulled into our driveway to pick her up I thought would be a great idea if I would go out as a reindeer with my flashing red nose and my big antler ears just to do with every grandfather likes to do best:
make his grandkids laugh
Of course grandma Erin made this possible by buying these cheap little flashing noses and big red ears. And after getting their looks of wonderment and their laughs, of course they wanted exactly what I was wearing;
They weren’t disappointed. . .
Why
Why was this done…?
To me
everything that I love about what this Season is
What this Season represents
How the Season is really personified
not just in children
but the children each of us. . .
It’s about not so much sharing
or giving
or even receiving
But inspiring
Cultivating
Igniting
Sparking
This ever present
Never ending
Always glowing
But often hidden
LIGHT
THIS GLOW
This unfailing flicker
That exists in all of us
Desperately wanting to share
And even more desperately
W A N T I N G
to be shared. . .
It’s what brings the
FA
to the
LA LA LA LA LAAAAH
AND ITS A SYMPHONY
THAT NEVER STOPS PLAYING
BY AN ORCHESTRA
IN EACH OF US
FINDING OUR PART
IN ANOTHER
AND PLAYING
G L O R I O U S L Y
Psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst:
And it’s not contained in a Season
Or wrapped in paper
Cooked in an oven
Toasted from a raised glass
It’s housed in a heart
Shared in a heartbeat
Received as the most precious of gifts
The one with no expiration date
Or shelf life
Just
L I F E
In all of its fullness
Becoming even grander
When shared
And it happens
In a moment
So. . .
GET YOUR BLINK ON
D o n ’ t
M i s s
I t
You Haven’t Heard The LAUGH of IT
When’s the last time you’ve Laughed?
When’s the last time you’ve
L A U G H E D
like a
k i d ?
Two much different questions, huh?
Picasso once said,
“EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST,
THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO REMAIN AN ARTIST ONCE WE GROW UP.”
Did you just grow up
this morning?
Did you just grow up
this year?
Did you just grow up
more pages of a calendar
than you can begin
to count?
DID YOU. . .
have you
grown up?
If we all had a
L A U G H M E T E R
on
would yours have broken from
OVER
UNDER
use?
L A U G H T E R
decreases stress hormones and increase immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.
L A U G H T E R
triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain. . .
Go ahead. . .
G O O G L E :
THE BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER
if you have an hour
if you have a day
if you have a week
if you have a month
if you have a year
if you have a life
if you have but just a mere
m o m e n t
So when’s the last time you
laughed like a kid?
Maybe that’s not the question
at all. . .
Maybe the real question;
the only question
is when is the
N E X T T I M E ?
How about now. . .
and then how about
again and again and again
a n d again and again a n d. . .
s o. . .D E C I D E O F T E N