How many times do you laugh in a day? Once, twice or maybe no times at all? Honestly, I find myself taking life too seriously sometimes, and I don’t laugh at all during the day. I mean I try to smile a lot at people that I pass by as I’m at the store or wherever I go, which is a good practice to have, but to belly laugh I don’t do much of that. I’m a problem solver and I have to really think and plan a strategy for my family, my friends and anyone that wants my help & I don’t have time for silliness or to let my guard down! What?!! For me to hear myself say that sounds so ridiculous. I’ve always known that laughter is the best medicine. But it’s something I don’t think of very often…do you?
So the other day, my grandsons were watching this show and I won’t go into much detail about it, but these guys in the show were doing some funny, silly things. I found myself laughing out loud. It stuck out to me that I needed to do more laughing out loud & that I had to write about it here in this blog! Because it felt so great to release some good out of my body. Laughter is a great therapy & a great way to release some stress. How many of you have stress in your life? Anyone? Another way that I sometimes find myself laughing hard is when I talk with my friends, especially my best friend ~ Angie! We’ve been friends since middle school and we’ve. got. some. stories! And I won’t go there today, maybe another time! Or maybe not! Anyway! Most times when we talk its all serious, gotta figure out people & life struggles…but then there’s times we have to stop and laugh at the reasons why we have some of the issues we have or just make light of them. Laughing at ourselves can be good sometimes to help us not get so bogged down with the problems, which can lead to anxiety or depression. That’s what we don’t want! So if you can find that outlet to release and just belly laugh, then do it! I’m not saying laugh at everything, but take time to take a break from trying to always figure things out and be intentional about finding ways to laugh. There are movies, comedians or go online and search for dad jokes or watch replays of America’s funniest videos…there ways to make you laugh out there, just make sure you are getting some laughter in your life! Here is a scripture reading that I love!
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25.
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