Halfway through… halfway through my LAUGHTER challenge

Well…

I have to admit that this challenge is REALLY good for me! I’m like everyone else, and I don’t always feel like laughing. In fact, I’d say that disciplining myself to practice intentional laughter alone “in front of a witness” helps me to avoid getting stuck in the seriousness of certain moments of my day! I even burst out laughing when I read a word that, otherwise and “normally”, wouldn’t have amused me at all! It was as if I felt free of the situation.

And this is exactly what the practice of intentional laughter allows us to do: not to be a prisoner of the situation, but simply to look at it from a different perspective.

If I can do it, you can too!

Okay, I know. You’ll tell me I laugh easily… and it’s increasingly true. But I’m in the same mood as you. I feel down, angry, frustrated, sad, impatient… That’s right! Just like the rest of us! H U M A I N E! That’s what I am!

No one expects a person to be happy and in a good mood all the time. Emotions tell us that something is going on. There’s nothing wrong with that, because they’re there to tell us something. To change a behavior. To take care of a wound. To take care of ourselves.

So I’m as emotional as anyone living this shared human experience.

However, I CHOOSE more often to breathe and take a step back. For my greater happiness!

Give it a try! Let me know how it goes!

Laughter, joy and health

Linda

P.S. if you couldn’t get started with me on FB, head over to the School’s YouTube channel and do the March 2017 challenge. I’ve even created a playlist for you!