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I even burst out laughing when I read a word that, otherwise and &#8220;normally&#8221;, wouldn&#8217;t have amused me at all! It was as if I felt free of the situation.    <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>If I can do it, you can too!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I know. You&#8217;ll tell me I laugh easily&#8230; and it&#8217;s increasingly true. But I&#8217;m in the same mood as you. I feel down, angry, frustrated, sad, impatient&#8230; That&#8217;s right! Just like the rest of us! H U M A I N E! That&#8217;s what I am!       <\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s nothing wrong with that, because they&#8217;re there to tell us something. To change a behavior. To take care of a wound. 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