Laughter reduces pain and allows us to tolerate discomfort… Using humour in life, it makes us less stressed. Reading a comedy book or watching funny video helps maintain a dose of a good laughter. Getting back to your video, and how you tried to say goodbye, waving at your husband it certainly made me laugh…You were way too funny and having that water hose in your hand… I am sure you both had a wonderful time doing the goofy things because you both know each other well. However, for those neighbours who were watching you the perception of being goofy and funny could look a little different. Unless the neighbours’ knew, you well and knew that, you both can be funny at times. I found that having a great time miss now because I am away from my work place. We did have a great time talking with friends sharing jokes and laughter on our coffee breaks or during lunchtime but since I am not, miss it lots.

Dear Robin, thank you for sharing a dose of laughter. Someone said, when smiling requires fewer wrinkles on a face while frown adds more wrinkles, because we are using more muscles to frown then to laugh… We shall strive to maintain the dose of laughter in our life each day.

Thank you for the wonderful presentation!

Zuzanna

thanks

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Dear Lisleman, this little story is so precious!!!! I just love it and could even picture it in my mind. This is what I love about kids and why I so enjoy playing with them. You are so blessed to have a grandson who wants to play with you. It is pure joy. It is these moments that keep us alive and young. I am touched that you shared this. Thank you.

I try very hard to be happy and laugh at work; I find my day is better and my attitude is more up beat. And your right, kids crack me up. My six year old grandson is so funny; this past weekend he told me he saw the movie Hotel for dogs, and one of the dogs liked to hump..well I said alright now and then he offered the fact that he knew what that meant, his older sister had told him. Once again I tried not to laugh in front of him however, I was hysterical inside as those brown eyes of his were so serious he is such a joy. Children can be such a great part of your life if people would only open the doors and windows and let them in.

Blessings,
a great post….

Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com

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Dear Dorothy, I don’t have a TV by choice, but a few years back I bought a DVD of all the old I Love Lucy shows and I LOVED them. If I ever watch a movie my favorite is comedy. I just go away with a light heart and my life still intact. I like that. —-I was howling reading about your grandson. That is SUCH a good story. I literally could picture this whole scene and the funniest part was seeing you trying not to laugh. It would be almost impossible. It reminded me of a little girl who giggled and said to her mom that she’d seen a couple “doing the wild thing”, and her mother’s eyes got really big and mortified, as she causally asked, “What is the wild thing?” Her granddaughter giggled and said, “You know!! That thing adults do in the bedroom.” And her mother’s eyes got bigger and she choked out (trying to work out what her kid KNEW or had SEEN), “What thing in the bedroom?” The little four year old girl gave an exasperated sigh, put her hand on her hip and said, “Oh Mom! Don’t you know anything? They were kissing!) and then she started to giggle uproariously!! Like she knew more than that her mother. LOL!!! Needless to say the Mom was giddy with relief!! Thank you my friend for such a JOYOUS sharing.

I’ve done some research on goofiness and I can indeed confirm that I am goofy – just like you. I double checked and demanded a recount and, guess what? It confirmed my goofiness.

I can make people laugh without really trying, which can be a little frustrating when I am trying to be serious. Even when I rant about the state of the world, people laugh – maybe because of my choice of phrase.

Anyway, I agree with your philosophy about laughing every day. I make it a priority to make at least one other person laugh as well. Usually it is Mrs PM (after all, she’s sees the state of my hair after a night’s sleep – that’s enough to make anybody laugh). I usually manage – it’s not that difficult really. Goofiness and whackiness help of course.

Stay goofy!

Cheers

PM

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LOLOL!! Yes, my dear PM, I can validate for you that you are INDEED goofy. I could actually HEAVILY validate this. Although I am so glad to hear that it was “officially” validated. Let there be no doubt in the minds of the doubters. That’s what I say! LOL!! —I can also validate that your attempts at serious rants have me rolling on the floor in stitches. If I could rant the way YOU rant I would rant every single post. See, you rant and get away with it; the whole house comes down with laughter. I rant and the whole house just comes CRASHING down. I am left pulling myself from the rubble, where I suspect you just walk away unscathed, the hero, everyone cheering and laughing. —As to the state of your hair upon waking……LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers my WONDERFULLY wacky friend. Yippeee!

Hello Robert, this is a delightful summation you gave of my site. I chuckled and LOVED it. AND I was doubly touched that you appreciated it. Thank you for the blessings and taking the time to stop in and share. I enjoyed it.

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Welcome Oscar, thank you for stopping in. Yes, it hard to do much else but laugh when we are really laughing. It’s actually quite marvelous. I think the trick for some people is to learn to let go of whatever they are hanging onto and let themselves go with the urge to laugh. I have seen people fighting back laughter just so they could hang onto their anger or hurt. We hurt ourselves most when we do that. We rob ourselves of healing soothing joy. Thank you for your sharing here.

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Oh Marcel, this is such a truly beautiful and buoyant comment. So wise. I read it several times to take in the full power of it. I felt sooooooo happy and warm inside reading how you are with the boys at the shop. I remember how you told me in another comment here how you worked in a factory and you bring joy and happiness and love to every day that you live. I see this in you. It is to the point that everything you do, touch or connect with turns to beauty. As if you are so full of Life and Love that you are compelled to share it. I am glad because, as you say, laughter can undo or ease all kinds of drama. My sweetheart taught me this. He is Mohawk Indian and he said that on the reservation, life was often hard (he only lived there sometimes, not full time) and they laughed at even the hardest of things. I love to be around people who can “lighten” others by seeing the humor in things. Sometimes people want to hang onto their pain and use it as shield against letting Life and Love in, a shield against growth. Marcel, you are SUCH a joy. You are a “humble healer”. That is how I ALWAYS see you. You move through the world at peace with yourself and Life and you spread joy, peace and love all along your path. For you it really is not the goal or “somewhere to be” or “something to DO” that you aim for. It is the exultant joy of simply being alive in a world where you love and touch those all around you. You thrive on soothing others, healing others, loving others. You are truly enjoying the journey not the outcome. I relate to this in a very deep way. Little means more to me than the journey. —Also, I agree that it can take guts and courage to be one’s unique self, really be one’s self fully. It is something I think about every day, “Am I really being myself? How can I be more of Robin?” Because as you say, “This is it.” Thank you for touching my life with your beautiful spirit.

Thank you dear Robin for sharing such a wonderful, wacky, contagious laugh with us. Dawne and I are both grinning like idiots with you.

Cheers, Marc

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Dear Marc and Dawne, I am sooooooooo touched that you both watched this video and even more so that you appreciated this part of me. The image I have in my mind of you sitting there watching my “tom foolery” and grinning is very precious to me. I’m deeply honored that you told me. I also love the HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I thought I was the only one who did that. I laughed out loud over that. It had kindred written all over it. Hugs and cheers to you both and thank you for the kind words.