Laughing

The most important thing that will help us laugh is not taking ourselves too seriously; this will enable us to see the humor in funny or even embarrassing situations that may happen to us. Otherwise we end up being the tight jawed sourpuss that no one wants to hang out with, which is no fun at all. There are several things that we can do to avoid being a sour puss and help us take life more lightly.

• Laugh at yourself. Even acknowledging your most embarrassing moments can be difficult let alone discussing them or laughing about them. Time is always a great healer when it comes to embarrassing moment, you’ve heard the statement “you’re going to laugh at this in the future” but there’s really no need to get all tied up in a bundle over it, embarrassing moments happen to everyone
• Sharing laughter with your friends. Sharing laughter with your friend is one of the best ways of keeping yourself happy. That only are you making yourself feel good, you are also helping to make your friends feel happy.
• Surround yourself with reminders of funny experiences: always keep funny reminders for different situations like your child hood doll in your bedroom or in your living room, a funny photo of you or your loved one at the office, a funny screensaver or wallpaper for your computer and so on.
• Deal with your stress. Stress is an inhibition to laughter and fun, therefore always find ways to deal with your stress be it hanging out with friends, reading funny quotes about life, going for a movie, dancing and so on.
• Spend time children. Try to as much as possible to spend time with children, playing with them or just talking to them. Their sweet innocence and naiveté’s can really brighten up your day and put things into perspective.

The real thing about laughing is not take life too seriously. I know that we are living in a world now where everything needs to be done yesterday, it doesn’t really. It’s the same world we lived in 100 years ago, the only difference is the amount of pressure that we place on our own shoulders. If you don’t have enough time, find it. Everyone can find more time.

In the meantime, here are a couple of good funny quotes about life that I hope will put a smile on your face.

“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.” Brendan Gill

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you’re still a rat.” Lilly Tomlin

“For most men life is a search for the proper manilla envelope in which to get themselves filed.” Clifton Fadiman

“An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived.” Herbert Samuel