 Click to enlarge in the SCU Lightbox One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. Françoise Sagan  From New Yorker Magazine by Skip Cohen From Google AI: The phrase "laughter is the best medicine" is a widely recognized idiom suggesting that humor and joy have therapeutic benefits for physical and mental health. The world is upside down, the economy is uncertain, we've pissed off Mother Nature, and we've got a government that's forgotten about "We the People," but that doesn't change the responsibility each of us has for our own health and immediate environment. Nothing helps improve life more than laughter! After reading the quote above, I stepped away from "doom-scrolling" and wandered through my archives, both on my computer and on my phone. I grabbed a few of my favorites in screenshots. As I expected, each shot brought back memories. Within a few minutes I had a huge smile on my face, and, like a lunatic, I found myself laughing out loud! The key to unlocking the grip the outside world had on my heart this morning was my collection of photographs from past good times. My Houdini-like escape from the clutches of current events and things everybody keeps telling me I should worry about was all thanks to good friends, Sheila, two pups, and laughter. You can't put your head in the sand regarding what's going on in the outside world, but you can laugh at it whenever an opportunity comes by. One of the things we like about "Nightly News with Tom Llamas" is that they always close the broadcast with something good going on in the world. It leaves you with a choice to make - be "Chicken Little" and panic over the sky falling, or grab a handful of Alfred E. Neuman philosophy and take a break from worrying about things you can't control. That brings me full circle to my point - too many of us are taking life too seriously. I'm just as aggravated over current events as anybody else, but I want to take the time to smell the roses and appreciate all the things in life that still make me smile. It's the one way to keep the trolls of the world from winning! Wishing everybody an outstanding weekend ahead. Take the time to laugh, but more importantly, pay attention to the people who make you smile. They're the ones you enjoy the most. You need to focus on how they contribute to making your life unique and something to cherish every day! Happy Friday! You have to be at peace with yourself. I love to laugh. I think laughter can cure.
You can see it in a person's face. Around age forty, when your face has lost the glow of youth, what you are inside starts to form on the outside. Either the lines go up or they go down. If they go up, that's a good sign. Elizabeth Taylor
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