Keep on laughing it does not hurt!

There is nothing as good as a good laughter! Laughter is considered as the sound of the soul. There is a beautiful saying that goes thus: “Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” I wonder how life really is with those who do not laugh. There is so much stress in the world that we all need an outlet somehow to take some of the stress off our shoulders. Can you believe that an average adult only laughs 17 times a day while an average child laughs 200 times a day? Ever wonder why children are so peaceful all the time without any care in the world. Laughter is a conscious choice that we have to make everyday to be happy and to amuse ourselves. Everything that happens in our lives can make us bitter or better. The good thing about it is that we can make a choice either to be bitter or better. What choice are you making?

There is a hanging in my office that says “Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you’ve been up to!” How true. There are three ways to express ourselves when we feel a little at ease with ourselves or with our friends. We can smile or chuckle or laugh. At times you smile when you think of some good memories you may have had with your friends or when you watch a comedy or when you are reading a book. You can also smile at someone as you walk along the road, or sit in a bus, in a train or even when you are in a mall. You don’t really have to know someone to give him or her a smile. Hence the saying, “If you see someone without a smile, give him one of yours.” A smile costs nothing but is capable of making someone happy. Smiling does not entail making a sound. It is simply an expression of joy; peace and making a good face while you may or may not show your beautiful set of teeth. Unfortunately it is not everyone who can smile. And there are those whose smile is nothing more than a mockery of themselves. They make a sudden twisting of their lips with dry expressions on their faces that only lasts a fraction of a second.

A chuckle on the other hand can be expressed with a sound but also demonstrates a feeling of joy on something you are watching, reading or even when chatting with a friend or friends. A chuckle only lasts but for brief moment. It is good to chuckle every now and then but then not without a reason.

Laughter is the grand mother of all these expressions combined together. It expresses how you feel especially when you are having fun. It can come from deep within and is often accompanied with some sound of different magnitudes. Some laughter can be so deep that it may cause one to shed tears. This type of laughter is contagious. Everyone should learn to laugh every now and then. I like the saying that states that “You don’t stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing.” A great life lesson, I dare to admit.