Laughter is still the best medicine


“Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted.”
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

What a beautiful quote, and taking that into account, then I have not wasted a single day. I want to ask you, when last did you have a good laugh? Do you believe that laughter is indeed the best medicine and that it also takes less effort to smile and laugh than it takes to frown? More than that, laughter brightens up your day, it triggers healthy physical and emotional changes in your body. It can reduce stress and anxiety and enliven your collective emotional health.

Virgil wrote the following in his Eclogues:

Begin, baby boy: if you haven't had a smile for your parent, then neither will a god think you worth inviting to dinner, nor a goddess to bed.”

Isn't it wonderful to smile? Give that single smile you have (if you only have one), to the people you love. Don’t be gruff at home and then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers. Rather smile to all and most probably they will smile back at you. Smile to show your candidness and transparency. The French writer, Milan Kundera, thought that the sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. There is so much joy in laughter, and it would be so great if only all of us would embrace joy and happiness and express this through laughter and an honest smile! I do hope that you will not die without having laughed well, at least once in your life, and please, don’t hesitate to show those rows of pearls.   

Laughter, bubbling up from within,
expressing joy for all to be seen.
How much more happiness there will be on earth
if only more will open themselves up to mirth?



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