Laughter is the best medicine

Have you ever just gotten to the point in life you just decided you might as well laugh about whatever you may be going through and after you do suddenly you realize you actually feel a little better? Or perhaps you and a friend have an inside joke that makes you have that hardy laugh that makes you cry or even snort (snaughling as I saw on a picture yesterday on Facebook). Those are the best laughs, perhaps because they can be so rare. I've always loved listening to stand up comedians and a bit fascinated that you can get paid and make a job out of that. You get to tell stories and make people laugh, it just doesn't get much better than that.  It's always ironic that most of the time when you try to be funny it falls short but when you just say or do something and not shooting for a laugh you can make someone laugh. The way people laugh is another thing. I know a couple of people that we have different types of humor but when I hear them laugh I can't help but laugh. You know it's funny when you have the loud laugh and having to smack someone while you're laughing. I love those laughs where you have to bend over, stomping your foot and all. There's a blooper from The Carol Burnett Show where Tim Conway is telling the elephant story (if you haven't seen it, search it on YouTube, it's Tim Conway at his best) At the end of it Lyle Waggoner cracks up so much he falls from sitting on the arm of the couch to the floor and all of them are laughing so much. Those kinds of laughs are great! We're all different and deal with things different but no matter what we have laughter in common and we need to use that more. They say if you can't beat 'em join 'em, but I say if you can't beat something or it's getting to stressful find something funny either in the actual situation or something in life that you love and find funny and laugh. I saw a quote one time that said something along the lines of you can either laugh or cry about something but I prefer to laugh because it's easier to clean up afterwards. So here's hoping you always remember to see the funny in life because God knows there's to much worry and stress in the world.