I recently read in Men’s Health magazine how laughing can save your life: by decreasing blood-sugar levels and boosting vascular health, say Japanese researchers.
Interesting, you wonder then why we have so many glum faces walking the streets these days. People taking themselves WAY to seriously. Laugh it up folks, you only live once. And now, according to Japanese researchers, laughing can actually enhance our life, enabling us to live and lead healthier lives, by decreasing our blood-sugar levels AND anteing up vascular health. Not a bad trade off at all.
As I read this bit in Men’s Health a few days ago, it made me reflect on all the times I laugh out loud, to the point where my eyes tear. The high I felt during and after that extreme burst/s of laughter. The uplifting feeling you experience when you laugh. All negative tension is gone, you are in a state of hysterical laughter and nothing else matters at that very moment. The best laughs are the ones that keep on rolling out. Like the laughs I shared with my family this past Friday night, as we sat around the dinner table. Priceless moments that keep the soul and the mind exhilarated for hours, if not days afterwards.
After reading those words in my magazine, and experiencing what I did Friday night, I have made it a priority or call it a belated-New Year resolution, to laugh even more than I already do now. And trust me, I’m the type of person who still thinks he’s in 8th grade with an audience of his peers riling him on to crack ‘em up even more. If laughing and laughing more does more good for my health as well as my state of mind – then why not? As we look for ways to enhance our lives and increase our health, why not do what we should be more than happy to do. Like laughing – for the last time I checked, even the most sour soul at some point in their life laughed out loud and most likely enjoyed it.
Laugh it up folks.
