Keep em Laughing

October 20, 6:07 PMHome and Family ExaminerSandra K. Bouie

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Laughter is the best medicine

Here are more fantastic ideas to make someone laugh and keep that person smiling all week long.

Give your kids a joke a day.  Gather and tell them jokes and riddles and make them laugh.  You will soon find the children getting their own jokes and coming to test them out on you.

Take funny pictures of your family or yourself and put them in a photo album to show others.

Learn to laugh at yourself.  Nothing is more humorous than finding the funny in you.  It does not matter how serious you are; there is something funny about everyone.  Take a long look in the mirror, think about the habits you do, contemplate on the stupid mistakes you have made and laugh about them far into the future. 

Long ago when I was a teenager, I was getting on the bus for work one day, and just as I put my coins into the coin box, my half-slip fell to the ground, right out of my skirt.  I was so embarrassed and other people laughed their heart out.  Later, when I thought about what happened, I realized how funny it had been.  I still laugh about that incident today. 

If you are human, then you have made mistakes or really looked ridiculous at one time or another and some of those times really deserve a good laugh!

Laugh in the toughest times.  Sometimes when things are the gloomiest, laughter can save the day – heal a marriage, fix a broken heart, cheer up the sick, and even make the foolish look natural.  Make someone laugh at your job, in your home, with the mail carrier, at the grocery store, at school, and even before the kids go to bed.