If Success is Sensible then Failure must be funny.
Sure we all want success and happiness and health and wealth, but do we take that all too seriously?
A great Thanksgiving/Christmas movie is Planes, Trains and Automobiles which stars John Candy and Steve Martin. (If you haven’t seen I suggest you rent it today.) All that Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith John Candy), Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice; conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal....well they get into a whole lot of mishaps. At the end Neal just has to look back and laugh.
You know when you goof around with friends and you hit your funny bone which doesn’t really feel that funny but you are laughing anyway because of the crazy faces your friend is making?
Did you notice that while you are laughing it doesn’t really hurt that much? You don’t feel the pain.
Laughter is the best medicine because it does more then cheer you up…
* Your lung capacity expands, improving respiration and oxygen consumption
* Your immune system is activated - so you can better fight infection. Your body releases more of the protective T cells that fight virus and cancer cells
* Endorphins - your body's natural painkillers - are released into your brain, decreasing stress.
Laughter helps us get through the physical pain and it reduces mental pain!
When you laugh, you feel more hopeful and optimistic.
When you laugh, you say to yourselves - and to the world - "I REFUSE TO SUFFER!"
Laughter helps us survive the most terrible situations like grief and disappointment. You will come out on the other-side a stronger, better, kinder person.
To every situation there is a funny side you just have to be on the lookout for it. You need to stop trying to be perfect, take a step back and be able to laugh at yourself and the things around you more often – and just laugh more.
