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Having a good belly laugh, or a wonderful, huge laugh, is the most delightful experience. Smiling and laughing are fantastic soul-healing exercises. It can make your day better. It has the power to transform gloom into delight. It’s fascinating how when someone “takes the frown and turns it upside-down,” their perspective on life can occasionally shift significantly.
The following anecdote, which I recently discovered, shows us the amazing power of the gift of laughter. I hope that this tale will be helpful to someone who might be going through a difficult time.
Many years ago, doctors declared Norman Cousins “terminally ill”. His life expectancy was six months. He had a one in five probability of getting better.
He could see how the anxiety, despair, and rage in his life were exacerbating and possibly causing his illness. “If negativity can lead to illness, can positivity lead to wellness?” he asked.
He decided to conduct his own experiment. One of the most constructive things he was aware of was laughter. Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, and the Marx Brothers were among the comedies he rented. (He had to rent the physical films because this was before VCRs.) He enjoyed reading humorous tales. Every time his buddies said, heard, or did something amusing, he wanted them to phone him.
He was in so much discomfort that he was unable to sleep. He discovered that laughing for ten continuous minutes helped him sleep for several hours by relieving his agony.
He lived another 20 years of contented, healthy, and creative life after fully recovering from his sickness. His book, Anatomy of an Illness, goes into detail about his path. He attributes his recovery to humor, family and friend love, and visualizing.
There are others who believe that laughing is a waste of time. According to others, it is a diversion and a luxury that should only be sometimes indulged in.
It couldn’t be further from the reality. Our stability, wellbeing, and vitality all depend on laughter. Laughter helps us stay healthy and recover from illness.
Scientific research has demonstrated that laughter has a healing effect on the body, mind, and emotions since Cousins’ groundbreaking subjective work.
You should laugh as much as possible if you like it. Take your medication and chuckle even if you don’t enjoy it.
Use anything that makes you laugh, such as comedies, movies, novels, albums, Monty Python, jokes, pals, and New Yorker cartoons.
Whenever something makes you laugh, give yourself permission to laugh aloud and for a long time. Despite your weirdness, others will join in if they don’t understand what you’re laughing about.
While some illnesses can spread easily, nothing is more contagious than the remedy—laughing.
