Through humour, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. Once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it, Bill Cosby.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Monty Python.
Life is like a penis. It is shorter than you think, but seems so long when it gets hard.
Life is not only about work, clients, or academic results. Our life is rapidly changing in all aspects in such a manner that some of us may not be ready for what is coming. Cultivate a good sense of humor, laugh at yourself and your circumstances because what you think is clear and certain today, may well not be tomorrow. It is not about denying our problems or responsibilities, but learning to cope with them in a healthier way.
“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on,” Bob Newhart. We all get our share of tragedies, but laughter allows us to accept that there are many things we cannot change, as well as, connecting with loved ones, temporarily stepping outside our space and time, putting things into perspective, making a stand about an issue, dealing with it, and finally, moving on.
It helps us to see the big picture, reduce our fears, cope better with problems, worries, and struggles, and improve our overall attitude towards them. In short, it provides us with many resources for overcoming them or, at least, coping with and accepting them.
As Elbert Hubbard said and I quote: “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” The idea is to stop being serious all the time and to face your problems and tragedies with good humor. Do not get overwhelmed or confused by obstacles along the way, by your circumstances, by how far away your goals are. It is about how to make wiser, responsible, more pleasant and desirable lifestyle choices that encourage a positive outlook on life, constant and hard work, a good spirit, resilience, and sacrifice despite obstacles and adversities.
Laughter improves our health, for example, it relieves emotional stress and pain: “Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects,” Arnold H. Glasgow; “Each time a man laughs, he adds a couple of days to his life,” Curzio Malaparte. It encourages positive thoughts and feelings, helps increase mental satisfaction by making it easier for people to cope with difficult situations, it generates happiness and improves relationships with relatives, colleagues, friends, and partners, and therefore, increases our chances of success.
Humour is very important for a healthy lifestyle, and yet, it is often neglected. Let me show you how to get started.
Read our free on-line e-book Humour.
Visit our Humour Section.
Watch a funny film. Perhaps, you might enjoy Charlie Chaplin. He is the most well remembered and celebrated comedian of all time. For example, The Kid is available on YouTube for free. Buster Keaton was the most athletic of all silent movie comedians. I really love The Marx Brothers. Their humour was unique, irreverent, innovative, and really hilarious. Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Mr. Bean are all examples of British humour at its best.
Do not let the weather or your problems bring you down! Just remember, it doesn’t cost anything to smile. Let difficulties know that you too are difficult, smile your best smile, and move on!
Be nice and smile at everyone you meet: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around,” Leo Buscaglia. “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside,” Denis Waitley.
Read a joke or a lovely insult on-line. Write, remember, and share jokes and hilarious events that have happened to you. Life is too short to be serious all the time, so make a funny face and laugh at yourself. Please be careful when you are surfing and searching! What are the best websites to get jokes from? Jokes & Riddles for Children, Ahajokes.Com, KickassHumor, and Unijokes.com.
Surround yourself with friendly and cheerful people, the ones who get the giggles, the ones who are always telling jokes and funny stories. Add to the conversation, when appropriate, funny jokes, quotes, and witty remarks. However, be careful, there is a narrow line between a funny story or joke and to poke fun at a person, say something that’s just plain wrong, or being rude. Avoid sexist and discriminatory jokes. If you offend someone and realise that you have, apologise sincerely and ask for forgiveness.
Read Uncyclopedia, a satirical website that makes a parody of Wikipedia. It is harmless and endless fun, and a hilarious spoof.
Stop being such a serious and dull person. Awaken your inner child. Get surprised and grateful with the little things, and enjoy each and every moment of your life. Laugh at yourself, find the humorous side in everything, laugh at your mistakes, and turn your embarrassment into a source of laughter, a good joke -it just means that you’re human like the rest of us! Notice that funny things are everywhere, even some traffic signs are amusing.
Read a comic online. Gocomics has many popular comic strips to choose from. If you are a child, parental supervision is needed!
Please remember, don’t ever let a day go by without putting a smile on your face!
A day without laughter is a day wasted, Charlie Chaplin.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars, and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.