Value of laughter

Have you laughed today?  We all know that laughter is good for us.  But how? 

The Healing Power of Humor by Allen Klein gives us good insights.

Humor gives us power; it can be used to overcome fear.  When a person talks about and makes jokes about a situation which frightens him, the situation becomes less frightening.  As his brain hears the scary words over and over, the fear diminishes.    

Mr Klein makes this comment on page 5:  "Often we are powerless against the events in our life; sometimes there is little we can do to stop the things that upset us.  We can, however, minimize the hold that these upsets have over us by finding some humor in them.  Humor can help soothe the rough edges of our day and the most trying moments of our life."  

More about the value of laughter tomorrow.