Wednesdays Laughter

Good Morning Friends,

Wednesday is here to greet you a good morning. I hope your week has gone well and you have found time to laugh, smile and enjoy the many moments in your life. Today’s message is about laughter; it can relieve stress and anxiety, making us feel so much better. When was the last time you had a good laugh? For some it may be only minutes, but for others, maybe days or weeks. I plant the seed to make you think; read the story below and develop your own conclusions. For me I going to laugh and enjoy the moment.

Enjoy the quotes and inspiration and take time to find what makes your soul come to life and go do it!

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

-- Stephen Grellet

Humor Can Save Your Life

The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king. The king became so infuriated he sentenced the jester to be executed. His court prayed upon the king to have mercy for this man who had served him well for so many years. After a time, the king relented only enough to give the jester his choice as to how he would like to die. True to form, the jester replied, "If it's all the same to you, my Lord, I'd like to die of old age." Certainly in this case, a good sense of humor saved the man's life. It's true for us as well. We may not be faced with a situation where our wit will save us from an execution, but our sense of humor and the ability to laugh at things has proven health benefits that extend and improve our quality of life. Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, wrote about how he cured himself of cancer by laughing a good part of each day. He rented films of comedies and watched them for hours on end in his hospital room. He had nothing to lose since he'd been diagnosed as terminal. His "experiment" turned out to be a classic example of the healing powers of laughter. If it worked for Cousins with a life-threatening illness, it can work for us to enhance and protect our good health. We should laugh often and heartily. It's good for our digestion and our disposition. Besides, life's too important to take seriously.

A bit of humor to lighten your day:

Circle Flies

A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the

trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general

began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer

uncomfortable.

Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he

was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing

around his head.

The farmer said, "Having some problems with circle flies there, are

ya?"

The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said - "Well, yeah, if

that's what they are, I never heard of circle flies".

So the farmer says- "Well, circle flies are common on farms. See,

they're called circle flies because they're almost always found

circling around the back end of a horse."

The trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket. Then

after a minute he stops and says, " Hey---wait a minute, are you

trying to call me a horse's behind?"

The farmer says, "Oh no, officer. I have too much respect for law

enforcement and police officers to even think about calling you a

horse's behind."

The Trooper says, "Well, that's a good thing," and goes back to

writing the ticket.

After a long pause, the farmer says, "Hard to fool them flies though."

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