Laughter: The Best Medicine

And there's lots of evidence that laughter does lots of good things for us.

Scientists have found that laughter is a form of internal "jogging" that exercises the body
and stimulates the release of beneficial brain neurotransmitters and hormones.
Positive outlook and laughter is actually good for our health.

Adults laugh approximately 15 times per day, while children laugh about 400 times a day!
When we grew up, somehow we lost a few hundred laughs a day.
 By learning to smile and laugh again, more easily and often,
 we could have a profound and positive effect on our health and well being.

Psychiatrist Robert Holden says,
"Smiling and laughing produce happy chemicals called endorphins which work in the brain
to give an overall feeling of well-being."

Being unhappy or very sad can seriously damage your health.
So .......don't worry, be happy!


Little Johnny

It was little Johnny's first day in a new school, so his father looked up the teacher.
He told her that little Johnny was a good kid but that he was an avid gambler.
He warned her that little Johnny might win lunch money from the other kids
if he was not watched closely.

The teacher did not seem disturbed,
assured the father that she had handled many such problems
and was very capable of taking care of little Johnny's urge to gamble.

Shortly after lunch, the father called the teacher
and asked her how things were going.

"Oh, everything is going very well."
 She said. "I think I may have cured little Johnny of his gambling habit."

The father asked her what had happened.

"The little tyke absolutely insisted on betting me ten dollars that I had a mole on my rear."
She said. "I finally agreed to the bet and took him to the teacher's toilet to show him that I had no mole."

"Damn!" The father said.

"He bet me fifty dollars this morning that he would see the teacher's ass before the day was over."