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RAOKA: Laughter

RAOKA

 

Laugh­ter

 

“The human race has but one really affec­tive weapon, and that is laugh­ter.” ~ Mark Twain

Pref­ace:  Ran­dom Acts of Kick Arse is a move­ment to bring more of {monthly theme} into our lives, and the lives of those around us. 

March Theme:  Laugh­ter.  Find ways to incorporate/see more laugh­ter in the world.

The Results:  How often to you laugh out loud?  Really laugh??

Did you know that laugh­ing can:

  • Lower blood pressure
  • Increase vas­cu­lar blood flow
  • Give parts of your body a real workout!
  • Increase the response to disease-killing cells within your body
  • Reduce the fre­quency of colds and other res­pi­ra­tory ailments
  • Increase mem­ory and learning
  • Improve alert­ness and creativity

And to top all of that off…laughter just sim­ply FEELS GREAT!!!

Laugh with me right now!!!   Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho !!!!  (did you???)

As I look back over the last month, I’m try­ing to recall how much I laughed.  And I don’t remember. 

Except…

Have you ever laughed right at that moment when you have taken a drink (or bite) of some­thing?  You know what I mean, don’t you!!  Where you start to laugh and just can’t stop…even though your mouth is already full of something…

Dur­ing March, I did this not once…not twice…not three times…FOUR TIMES!!!  With­out even try­ing (and it hasn’t hap­pened in a while before this past month)!   Meals ruined!  Clothes that needed to be changed!  And a whole bunch of laugh­ter from those around (okay — who am I kidding…a whole bunch of laugh­ter AND a few “ewww’s” from my fam­ily).  In fact, my daugh­ter used this as an excuse to get out of eat­ing her broc­coli!! (what kids will do to get out of eat­ing their veggies!!!)

Serendip­ity?  Luck (am I Irish???)?  Dumb luck?  The stars were aligned? 

What­ever you call it, what a month to have FOUR of those moments where the laugh­ter just couldn’t be stopped!

And here’s the deal:  As much of a mess as these “inci­dents” may have made, it just felt really great!  That AND…it brought out a lot of laughs from EVERYONE!  And you know what?  As much as there are all sorts of health ben­e­fits for laughing…I’ll keep doing it for one rea­son alone…

IT FEELS GREAT!!!!

Big laughs.  Lit­tle laughs.  Gig­gles.  Laugh at a funny joke.  Laugh for no rea­son at all.  Belly laughs.  Laugh until it hurts.  Laugh until you cry.  Laugh silently.  Laugh out loud.  Laugh until you snort.  Laugh alone.  Laugh together.  Laugh stand­ing up.  Laugh lay­ing down.  Smile at the world!!!

“The most wasted of all days is one with­out laugh­ter.” ~ e. e. cummings

Join me…once more (please!!!)…and LAUGH!!!!  Just because you can!!!

Ha! 
Ha Ha!! 
Ha Ho Ho Ho Ha!! 
Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ha Ha!!


What is Ran­dom Acts of Kick Arse (RAOKA)?  With the idea that there are so many ways we can do small things to change the world for good, Sami, from Life, Laughs, and Lem­mings took an idea she had and cre­ated this move­ment.  The move­ment:  A new theme to focus on each month, bring­ing a lit­tle more good to the world.  The move­ment started in Octo­ber 2009, and has a core group of participants:

Lori from Jane Be Nim­ble
Dani from Pos­i­tively Present
Gayze  from Gazehound’s Ani­mal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion
Zeenat from Pos­i­tive Provo­ca­tions

Each month a topic will be cho­sen to focus on, and then at the start of the next month, the par­tic­i­pants will write about their expe­ri­ences from the pre­vi­ous month.

Inter­ested in join­ing the move­ment?  Con­tact Lori for details.


April Theme:  Fam­ily (as cho­sen by Gayze)


Logo cour­tesy of Melissa from Oper­a­tion NICE

On The Air

UPDATE:  I’m join­ing in on the Two Fit Chicks (Carla and Shauna) lat­est pod­cast: Let’s Here It For The Boys.  I have a short seg­ment at 28:50 in on the pod­cast.  Hey Fit Chicks…thanks for hav­ing me!!
 

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!
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Comments

  1. Sid Savara says:

    Hey Lance!

    I’ve heard of the health ben­e­fits of laugher before, but it’s always nice to have a reminder =). I think a side dis­cus­sion might be not just adding laugh­ter into my life — but just tak­ing times to take things less seri­ously once in a while ;)
    .-= Sid Savara´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Your Hunger Will Fade – Five Ways To Keep Your Dreams Alive =-.

  2. Ah yes, Lance, those moments of get­ting caught in a case of infec­tious laugh­ter with a full mouth … I guess I’ll always be a child of the sev­en­ties, but when­ever I think of those awk­ward gales of gig­gles, a line from an old George Car­lin rou­tine comes to mind … or par­tially to mind, as my memory’s going (did I men­tion that I’m a child of the sev­en­ties?) … about the class­mate who once “passed an entire cheese sand­wich through his nose”.…

    Ah, here’s the line (where mem­ory fails, there is Google): “One time, Michael Davey passed an entire cheese sand­wich through his nose. Sis­ter Annun­ci­ado thought is was a mir­a­cle, y’know? “
    .-= Gayze (Gazehound’s Ani­mal Communication)´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..RAOKA for March: Laugh­ter =-.

  3. Yes, I did laugh, and it felt great :)

  4. Love your post on laugh­ter, Lance! Read­ing it def­i­nitely made me want to laugh. It’s one of the most awe­some things we can do!
    .-= Pos­i­tively Present´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..5 ben­e­fits of awe­some things (& an awe­some give­away!) =-.

  5. Joy says:

    Okay, I will try to break your record this month :) LOL–no I will not, but it sounds good.…
    I love laugh­ter. I love belly laugh­ter. I pur­posely say the most out­landish cus­tom com­ment to those around me to get them to belly laugh. I look for the humor in everything–believe me it is there. I laugh at myself, some­times even by myself, because there is lots to laugh at. I watch silly things, look at silly things, attend com­edy shows, lots to pro­mote laugh­ter in my life. Laugh­ter is the key to so much, and I think some­times peo­ple are afraid to look or be silly so they hold it in…shoot just let it all out, laugh and laugh some more. It just came to me that I think there is some­thing called laugh­ter yoga…you all gather together and then the instruc­tor some­how leads you to laugh. Odd that you need to be instructed in laugh­ter when oppor­tu­nity is all around.
    .-= Joy´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Let it Be… =-.

  6. Mindful Mimi says:

    Lance,
    I recently read about a test they did with peo­ple watch­ing the same pro­gram. One group was watch­ing it like that, the other group was given a pen­cil to clench between their teeth thus forc­ing them to semi smile. When asked about their feel­ings about the pro­gram, the ones with the pen­cil in their mouth felt hap­pier, thought the pro­gram was nice etc. All pos­i­tive feel­ings.
    So now when I am run­ning, I am grin­ning wildly :-) )))))))))))))))))))) And you know what? I get up the hill bet­ter and hap­pier. Try it :-)
    M
    .-= Mind­ful Mimi´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..How to become a guest blog­ger with­out plan­ning to =-.

  7. Lance, I do love a good laugh but I don’t think I’ve done enough lately as I’ve had flu for two weeks. I tried to laugh it off but I ended up cough­ing so hard I nearly turned my lungs inside out.

    So, to recap: Whilst I haven’t done much laugh­ing, I’ve done a fair bit of smil­ing which is half way there (?) but nowhere near enough laugh­ing (on med­ical grounds mostly). Once I’m bet­ter I’ll laugh myself silly. I promise. :)
    .-= Dave (MisterGoodGuy)´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Still Two Spaces Left =-.

  8. Mindful Mimi says:
  9. Lynn says:

    I like to think of you laugh­ing Lance. It is good for the soul!
    .-= Lynn´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Pop­ping out, half off and dear… =-.

  10. Hi Lance!

    Great laugh­ter post, matey! And, oh boy, the food-in-the-mouth thing. Been there! For me, though, it’s usu­ally liq­uids spurt­ing from my nose as opposed to food com­ing out my mouth. Too funny!

    I enjoy all the color you used today, too, Lance. I also like the idea of laugh­ing any­where and every­where — you’re a pro there, for sure.

    Being involved in the RAOKA move­ment has been quite a treat, and hav­ing you along the ride is the bees’ knees! Keep laugh­ing, Lance! :P
    .-= Lori (JaneBeNimble)´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..RAOKA: Laugh­ter =-.

  11. Kimberley says:

    Lance, I recently went to a laugh­ter yoga class. What a hooooooooot! For the last part of the evening we all laid on the floor and we had to laugh con­tin­u­ously for five min­utes. Sounds impos­si­ble but it wasn’t. Just lis­ten­ing to every­one else laugh­ing really gets you going. I had tears stream­ing down my face and had to remove my glasses. I placed them on my stom­ach and then pro­ceeded to laugh so hard they flew off result­ing in more laugh­ter. It was GREAT!
    .-= Kimberley´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Wor­thy Cause Wednes­day =-.

  12. Tim says:

    Hi Lance:

    Ah, yes…I’ve had a cou­ple laugh­ter moments right after tak­ing a drink of some­thing fairly recently. I can’t remem­ber what I was laugh­ing at, but it was fun (and no ruined shirts)! And as much as I love to have this hap­pen more, you just can’t try to laugh hard after tak­ing a bite or drink of some­thing — it has to hap­pen nat­u­rally. Oh, and I love the E.E. Cum­mings quote which is so appro­pri­ate. Thanks for remind­ing us about laugh­ter which comes in many shapes and sizes.
    .-= Tim´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Week­end Musi­cal Diver­sion: Jimi Hen­drix =-.

  13. Bobby says:

    Lance, I’ve just recently dis­cov­ered your blog. This post really makes me want to stick around! Hav­ing just enjoyed a great laugh with my 5 year old at bed­time, I can cer­tainly appre­ci­ate the ben­e­fits. I don’t know if you find the same to be true with your kids, but I find my son’s laugh is very sim­i­lar to mine. So when we both get going, it’s quite a laugh­ter duet. Thanks for the great pos­i­tive post!

  14. Haha­haha! Hoho­hoho! :D

    I laugh all the time. Well, really I’m a gig­gler. I gig­gle and laugh a lot! Some­times even when things aren’t obvi­ously funny …which then gets kinda embarass­ing. But, who cares, it’s FUN!!!
    .-= Marisa (Loser for Life)´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Cut It Out! =-.

  15. Davina says:

    Hi Lance. I laugh daily, many times. It’s a great stress reliever. The best bouts of laugh­ter are when you are laugh­ing because your laugh­ing. The moment just explodes. I was vis­it­ing with my bother the other day and I said some­thing that could have been taken another way. We both have the same sense of humour and the humour of this clicked in at exactly the same time. The two of us were laugh­ing like crazy; I had tears run­ning down my cheeks. OH… it felt good.

  16. Hey Lance, I came, I read, and yes my friend — I laughed. So, I read some more and guess what — yes, I laughed some more. What a fun story and how nice to share the gift of laugh­ter. Appre­ci­ated.
    .-= Jonathan — Advanced Life Skills´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..67 Per­sonal Devel­op­ment Pit­falls to Avoid =-.

  17. Hilary says:

    Hi Lance .. great read .. when we laugh totally invol­un­tar­ily and splut­ter in all direc­tions — we feel so much bet­ter after­wards .. I know I always do .. hav­ing a good gig­gle .. like lit­tle ones do .. so silly, but such fun .. and contagious.

    Great RAOKA for April .. and all months .. thanks Hilary
    .-= Hilary´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Folk­lore Notes and report back on Great British Gar­den Bird Watch =-.

  18. Lance says:

    @Sid — We live once, as far as I know…and our time here is short. So, tak­ing it all less seri­ously sounds pretty great. If our time is truly lim­ited, then I am sure I want mine to be less seri­ous! (Great thoughts!!!)

    @Gayze — Ha!!!! George Car­lin really had some great stuff he shared! Me? I am kind of glad I didn’t pass a whole sand­wich through my nose! You know!!

    @Miguel — I’m laugh­ing too, Miguel!!!!

    @Positively Present — Hey Dani! Laugh­ing sure is a feel good moment!

    @Joy — Hi Joy! I wish you the very best of luck! (haha!!!) This idea of an “image” we try to keep, and by laugh­ing per­haps we think that it doesn’t fit the image we have cre­ated. Still, is that image worth it??? (NO!!!) I have cer­tainly had my moments of look­ing goofy. And the older I get, the more I real­ize that what mat­ters more is how I feel as opposed to what I per­ceive that oth­ers think. And…laughter yoga…I have done this!!! My wife and I par­tic­i­pated in this just this past win­ter. While it seems odd to be instructed to laugh.…doing this was a ton of FUN!!! And a real work­out!!! And.…just a great way to get to know some new people!!

    @Mimi — Miranda! Hey, I’ll try that the next time I run! (well…I’ll just do the wild grinning…not the pen­cil between the teeth!!). So, that really shows how just a sim­ple change in our facial expres­sions can com­pletely change our out­look. That’s a great thing — because it means we all have the power, within us, to bring about a bit more joy and hap­pi­ness into our life!!!

    @Dave — Hey Dave! So…laughing can’t kill you, right??? It can severely mess you up, though, if you are sick. I guess that’s where a smile is pretty fit­ting. Keep on laugh­ing, buddy (well…once you are feel­ing 100%…or maybe even 70%!!!)

  19. hee-hee-hoo-hoo-hahahahahahahahah
    har-dee-har-har
    ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hee-hee-hee

    Ahh­hhh, that felt GREAT!!!

    Can’t wait to laugh with you in per­son, Lance!!

    xo

  20. Lance says:

    @Lynn — (smil­ing) Lynn, you are sweet!!!

    @Lori — Hey Lori!!! I LOVE what you have cho­sen for the March topic!!! Laugh­ter is so fun!!! Liq­uids through your nose…I’m get­ting a visual in my head right now! And I’m start­ing to laugh just think­ing of it! See…there you go, mak­ing me laugh!!! RAOKA on!!!!!

    @Kimberley — My wife and I tried laugh­ter yoga recently, also! What a fun evening it was!!! And a real work­out! And we did that same thing — lay­ing on the floor and just laugh­ing for sev­eral min­utes. The energy of those around just feeds off of each other! I love it…tears from laugh­ing for no rea­son at all!! How great is that!!!! Woohooo!!!

    @Tim — Yep, I don’t remem­ber either what I was laugh­ing at…in those moments. And it does have to hap­pen just nat­u­rally. When it does, though…a clas­sic moment!!!! And I kind of think it’s okay if there are ruined meals (or shirts) when this hap­pens — the moment is so worth it!! Keep on laugh­ing, my friend!!!

    @Bobby — Hi Bobby! And wel­come here. Con­nect­ing with oth­ers through laugh­ter is a pretty spe­cial moment. I find that laugh­ing with any of my kids is a moment that is so worth savor­ing! Espe­cially in those ones that really feel so com­pletely spon­ta­neous!!! And what a great way to con­nect with your son!! Enjoy all the moments with that lit­tle guy in your life!!

    @Marisa — Hey Marisa!!!! HaHa­Ho­Ho­Ha­HoHa!!! Get your gig­gle on!!! Giggle-iscious!!! Giggly-wiggly!! Giggly-boo!!! Giggle-goo!!!

    @Davina — Hi Davina!! Yes, it sure IS a stress reliever! And it works so fast, doesn’t it!! Way quicker than some pill out of a bot­tle! And laugh­ter that begets laugh­ter — awe­some!!! It can just feed off of itself sometimes…and it’s such a great moment!! Woohoo!!!!

    @Jonathan — Hey Jonathan!! I am smil­ing AND laugh­ing right now!! And it all feels soooo good!! Three cheers for laughter!!

    @Hilary — Hi Hilary!!! Ah yes…the con­ta­gious­ness of laugh­ter! It’s the BEST!! When it just starts to spread — what a GREAT moment!! So, Hilary.…I’m pic­tur­ing YOU laugh­ing right now…and splut­ter­ing in all directions…and it all makes me smile (and chuckle!!)!!! Because…obviously…I have spent a LOT of time there this past month!!!!!

    @Jannie — Ha ha hee hee ho ho ha ha!! (snort) (gig­gle) (smile) Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Hee hee hee!! (…more snort­ing!!) Ahhh.….that sure did feel GREAT!!!! And…YES!! The day we laugh together!!!! What a GREAT (and FUN) day that will be!!!! I can’t wait!!!!!

  21. Hilary says:

    Hi Lance .. good thing you’re not in splut­ter­ing dis­tance .. isn’t it???? Yugh .. more clothes to wash ..
    Laugh­ing togeth­erthon .. should be fun — noth­ing seri­ous about this lotta peeps .. enjoy the day every­one .. hugs Hilary
    .-= Hilary´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Folk­lore Notes and report back on Great British Gar­den Bird Watch =-.

  22. LANCE-MAN.…
    Have you ever tried to do the “laugh­ter pill” where you say ha.…ha .….ha…as your raise the imag­i­nary pill to your mouth and as you ingest it, your fall down on the floor laugh­ing as hard as you can.…?

    I think it is a good time…In fact, when I see you in Chicago, I am just going to fall on the ground laugh­ing before you even say anything.

    So as a Laugh­ter Yoga Leader/trainer and some­one who teaches peo­ple to be laugh­ter coaches, I would have to say that I am in the cat­e­gory of think­ing laugh­ter is a good thing.

    Here is what I tell people.…Laughter’s great­est gift (as I have found) is the act of release. When we laugh we put down the world we are car­ry­ing around on our shoul­ders and breathe (lit­er­ally) for a moment. When we release the past and future moments, we get to be here now, today. What greater gift is there than that?

    Besides, I think it is THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. dude. Just keep laughing…it is cool if your kids think you are weird. I do too.

    Katie

  23. Oh Laugh­ing Lance ;)
    I laughed..and I laughed..and I could actu­ally pic­ture your food out of your mouth..and hear your kids ewwwsss.… ;)
    My lit­tle one is just begin­ning to say eewww.…imagine that..this eeww gen­er­a­tion is gonna have us laugh­ing and goof­ing even more ;) I love it when they say Ewww…makes me wanna do it even more…;)
    Thank you for that won­der­ful men­tal pic­ture of the foods and the ewws..make me laugh …
    Much love,
    Z~

  24. Hi Lance,

    Amen for laugh­ing! Truly one of the best med­i­cines in the world!

    My phi­los­o­phy is that laugh­ter has to be a daily event and it has to hap­pen more than once a day. Oth­er­wise, a day with­out laugh­ter is a dull day.

    The best place to laugh is the super­mar­ket because peo­ple are so seri­ous when they shop. So my hus­band and I go into surfer talk mode and we get such weird looks. We will say aloha to peo­ple and all kinds of stuff. It is so much fun. :)

  25. LOVE this! The best feel­ing in the world for me, besides being truly loved to my core (and/or held by some­one who feels such love for me) is LAUGHING! Uncon­trol­lably as you described. Until it hurts. Until I’m gasp­ing for air. Until I hear my friend, who’s laugh­ing uncon­trol­lably with me, squeak because she can’t make any other audi­ble noise she’s laugh­ing so hard… Which of course sets me off AGAIN! Cry­ing, hold­ing my belly, bent over, try­ing to com­pose myself…

    THE BEST FEELING!

    And it lingers…

    Lance, your post is super awe­some, just like you, and yeah, I’d say that “4” means some­thing.
    From a numerol­ogy stand­point, the num­ber four means (and I love how laugh­ter smashed this to smithereens in some cases!):
    “Num­ber 4 is the most prac­ti­cal of all num­bers.
    You most likely have some of the fol­low­ing strengths and tal­ents:
    You are prac­ti­cal, detail-oriented, orga­nized, orderly, sys­tem­atic, method­i­cal, pre­cise, reli­able, punc­tual, depend­able, hon­est, trust­wor­thy, with­out artifice.

    You are the rock and cor­ner­stone of an enter­prise, you don’t give up eas­ily, you are per­se­ver­ant and a hard worker.”

    Amen, brother! Laugh on!
    .-= Megan “Joy­Girl!” Bord´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Small Is The New Big: 9 Small Things You Can Do To Affect BIG Change =-.

  26. Caroline says:

    I love that kind of uncon­trol­lable laugh­ter. I will never for­get going to a Quaker meet­ing with my Father. It was a silent meet­ing. My brother and I had never been to one before (and I am not good with “silence”). So we were sit­ting next to each other (very bad mis­take) and we looked at each other and tried to sti­fle the laughs. Well, you know what hap­pens when you do that right? Our shoul­ders were shak­ing and tears were rolling down our faces. His face was so red…that alone sent me into more laugh­ter. My stom­ach hurt for days after that. Then he snorted and I lit­er­ally thought I was going to die (or pee my pants). OMG…that was the best! We still talk about that today. BTW…I am the queen of inap­pro­pri­ate laugh­ter too…I laugh at funer­als and pretty much any where that is too “somber”!
    .-= Caroline´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Meet Yahtzee… =-.

  27. Dr. J says:

    This is great stuff!! Yes, laugh­ter is a won­der­ful med­i­cine. I just have to remem­ber to take the clown nose off before going into that seri­ous sur­gi­cal the­ater how­ever :-)
    .-= Dr. J´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Aim High and Keep Try­ing =-.

  28. I would have loved to have seen some video of this footage of you spew­ing your laugh­ter all over the table. Now that would go viral.

    Laugh­ter is such an impor­tant part of life. I used to be much more seri­ous, but over­time I real­ized that I was only putting more stress on life. I light­ened up and I feel health­ier, goofier, and happier.

  29. Lance says:

    @Hilary — Ha!!! Right!! And…a laugh-athon.…now that sounds fun!!!

    @Katie — KATIE-WOMAN: I tell you what…like attracts like!! Weirdo!!!!!! (and…I AM laugh­ing) See — and that means I’m drink­ing from the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH! I feel younger already! Wow!! See — you ARE GOOD!!! (So — what am I say­ing? you are WEIRD and GOOD!). Good-Weird. Geird! And — Chicago: I’ll be ready for you! Your med­i­cine — it’s good med­i­cine, though! Okay, and all un-seriousness aside…that’s a great point about “release”. It is hard to laugh and not be in that moment. So, releas­ing all else and just tak­ing in the moment we are in.…very much a won­derul thing that laugh­ter give us. Okay…dude…catch you in the Windy City!!!

    @Zeenat — Hey Laugh­ing Z!!! I do a pretty awe­some job of gross­ing my kids out (I think it is a skill I have!)!!! And…glad I could make you laugh!!! Much love to you!!

    @Nadia — Hey Nadia! Def­i­nitely a great medicine…this laugh­ter thing!! And if we make that a “daily med­i­cine” (and the more the bet­ter!) — then we really are help­ing our­selves to be healthy and happy! And — I LOVE IT!!!!!! What you do at the super­mar­ket is THE BEST!!!!!! What a riot to go shop­ping with you!!! On that day when our paths cross in real life.…we MUST do this!!!!

    @Megan — Hey Megan! Ah.…those moments when there’s no sound!!! I am smil­ing as I think about these moe­ments!!! And how fun AND bond­ing they are!! THE BEST!!!!! Wow…and “4” does have some mean­ing!! Okay…I will keep laugh­ing. And promise me that you will too!!!! And when we meet…we WILL laugh together!!!! Woohoo!!!!!

    @Caroline — Car­o­line!!! What a fun(ny) story!! I’m pic­tur­ing it in my head right now…and it’s mak­ing ME laugh!!! What a moment!!! What a place to do this at!!!!! So — you ARE the queen of inap­pro­pri­ate laugh­ter!!! Wow, we must hang out together some­time!! (I have a feel­ing it would be a BLAST!)

    @Dr. J — Hey Dr. J!! Ummm…right.…that clown nose might not go over so well in surgery!!! The patient might, all of a sud­den, have all sorts of new prob­lems!!! The rest of the time, though…keep wear­ing it!!!!

    @Karl — Hey Karl! Okay, that would have been seri­ously scary video!!! Viral??? Maybe the word would have been “virus”? As in…it could have given some­one a virus just watch­ing it!!! Get­ting to that place of “less seriousness”.…that’s a great place to be — very awesome!!!!

  30. I had to stop laugh­ing to type this! :-) Seri­ously, great mes­sage!
    .-= Jody — Fit at 52´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Chil­dren Will Lis­ten & See; Happy Bday Steph! =-.

  31. Evita says:

    Lance, what can be more fun than laughter??

    It feels so good and I love how you out­lined too the health ben­e­fits. It is so true, laugh­ter truly is great for the body phys­i­cally. Even patients who are treat­ing their can­cer nat­u­rally, have engaged in reg­u­lar bouts of laugh­ter and seen amaz­ing results. We will not split hairs on what is cur­ing their can­cer, but the point is laugh­ter and a sense of truly feel­ing good trans­lates to every cell in the body!

    And I crack up think­ing of you laugh­ing so hard. That is what I love too about laugh­ing, it is con­ta­gious — even when it is vir­tual. So I know you can­not see it or hear it right now, but I was chuck­ling as I was read­ing your post :D
    .-= Evita´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Essen­tial Energy with Cyndi Dale: The Secret Behind The Secret =-.

  32. Audra Krell says:

    Our youngest son has been so depressed after all his con­tin­u­ous acci­dents and liv­ing in pain, but this past week he has been feel­ing much bet­ter and I had for­got­ten what a great laugh he has!! He is a lit­tle heav­ier set and his stom­ach shakes “like a bowl full of jelly”! He makes me laugh out loud and it is so good for my emo­tional and phys­i­cal health. Now on to spit­ting food…then I’ll know I’m really laugh­ing well!

  33. suzen says:

    Hi Lance! Hubs and I make each other laugh ALL the time! It’s very good fer­til­izer for a 30 year old mar­riage, believe me. I also heard a really good belly laugh burns calo­ries? Hey I’m all over that!
    hugs
    suzen

  34. Lance says:

    @Jody — Hi Jody!! Yay!!! That’s a GREAT thing to hear!! And…now that you are done typ­ing this…the laugh­ter may resume!

    @Evita — Hey Evita!!! So, does laugh­ter help cure can­cer? Per­haps we’ll never know for sure, or to what extent it may help. That it helps us to feel bet­ter, though…right there is a GREAT rea­son to laugh — irre­gard­less of any other amaz­ing ben­e­fits! And now…I’m crack­ing up think­ing about YOU crack­ing up!!! See…the con­ta­gious­ness of it all just keeps spread­ing!! Have an amaz­ing week­end, awe­some friend!!!

    @Audra — Hi Audra. Such a lit­tle thing, right.…a few chuckles…and what a dif­fer­ence they can make. I know the last few months have been chal­leng­ing with all the trips to see the doc­tor. A lit­tle laugh­ter really goes a long way toward bright­en­ing the spir­its. So…this is really so good to hear!! (Good luck at the din­ner table!!!) And have a won­der­ful weekend!!

    @Suzen — Hey Suzen!! See, you could be a mar­riage coun­selor!! And a fit­ness instruc­tor!!! And just laugh and laugh!! How awe­some would that be, anyway!!!!

  35. Laugh­ter is a won­der­ful balm to the soul, as you pointed out. I’ve had a few good laughs lately, but being on the way to half-senile, I can’t remem­ber the specifics. Often my hus­band and I act silly, race each other to the bath­room or shake our booties in the mir­ror, which pro­vides a spe­cial form of uncon­trol­lable laugh­ter, as you can imagine!

    I’ve been known in many cir­cles to spit out my food or water, so I share that with you. I DO try to pick where and when I do food propul­sion, though, as the mere thought of it both­ers many folks.…

    My sis­ter and I have what we call “hairies,” which are episodes of out of con­trol hys­ter­ics in a pub­lic place, to the extent that peo­ple stare and the man­age­ment toys with the idea of call­ing in men­tal health pro­fes­sion­als. But we love it. We get an impulse over some vague trig­ger that hits both our funny-bones, take one look at each other, and it’s all over!

    Peo­ple look at us as if we’re com­pletely bonkers, and at the moment, we are. But I wouldn’t give up those hairies for any­thing. They feel good and don’t hurt a soul.

    I just hope I never have one at a funeral. :)

  36. Catrien Ross says:

    Lance, thank you. Actu­ally in the begin­ning of March I laughed aloud a lot, just to try the feel­ing through­out the day, in dif­fer­ent places, both indoors and out­side. I began with a lit­tle laugh that rum­bled down and out of my depths and it really shifted my ener­getic per­cep­tion. But a trau­matic event at the end of March sud­denly kicked in to knock out my smile. So my theme for April is sim­ply to learn to S-M-I-L-E again. Read­ing your post was a won­der­ful reminder of what mat­ters. Greet­ings from the moun­tains in Japan — Catrien Ross.
    .-= Catrien Ross´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Catrien Ross on Find­ing 9 Pow­er­ful Mean­ings in Your Smile When You Don’t Feel Like Smil­ing =-.

  37. Lance says:

    @Lynda — Okay, your com­ments makes me laugh today Lynda!! And those spe­cial moments we share with those we love can be so con­nect­ing. And WOW — you are good!!! I can’t con­trol when or where I spit out food! (it just hap­pens!!!!!) And I love what you and your sis­ter do — how fun!! (even IF they have to call in men­tal health pro­fes­sion­als!) Actu­ally — I think you two are a great exam­ple of what laugh­ter can do to NOT need men­tal health pro­fes­sion­als — as look at what a good place this puts you in!

    @Catrien — Hi Catrien. I really am sorry to hear how the month of March ended for you. There are def­i­nitely events that hap­pen in our lives that can suck the laugh­ter and smiles from our being for a bit. I hope you are doing bet­ter. And smil­ing is really a great place to start in work­ing back to that more nat­ural self that is within you. It is good to have you here today, and shar­ing this. It helps to remind me, too, of how quickly things can shift. Peace and love to you…

  38. scheng1 says:

    I just had a good laugh with my aunt. She bought into share mar­ket for a stock at 14 cents.
    She sold the stock at 16 cents, since my uncle advised her to be con­tent, and not be greedy. Right after she sold the share, the stock increased in vol­ume and price. The fol­low­ing day, this par­tic­u­lar stock became the top vol­ume in the local stock exchange.
    We teased my aunt about her luck, and had a good time laugh­ing with her.
    .-= scheng1´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Yeast infec­tion and food =-.

  39. Haha! Ran­dom Acts of Kick Arse. That’s bril­liant. I’ve kicked so much arse this year already that i’m con­sid­er­ing switch­ing feet to give my left foot a rest. If you want moti­va­tion then go to Youtube and search for “Courage Wolf”

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