Laughter

Its supposed to be one of the best medicines. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine" comes to mind from my days of memorizing Bible verses. I half remembered that the other day when I was checking out my gooey romance flick, and grabbed a couple of movies labeled "uproariously funny comedy" that turned out to be mildly amusing. I recall that there is a whole institute in upstate NY dedicated to laughter as a healing art. "Mirthful laughter diminishes the secretion of cortisol and epinephrine, while enhancing immune reactivity." Or at least that's what they say.

So I am ready to laugh heartily. Only one problem. I need a list of things to either watch or read. Google searches turn up the same horrible stuff that gets shown on that TV show the world's funniest home videos - usually at the expense of an innocent person. I have a real hard time with watching someone get hurt or humiliated. To me, that's not funny. I guess my sense of humor has changed over the years. I'm not sure *what* I would find belly-splitting funny these days. I remember reading the Joy Sparton series of books when I was in junior high school, and laughing over her antics. But I tried reading them after I had a kid or two of my own, and they didn't seem so funny anymore. I guess humor is age specific. Maybe I have turned into an old hag for whom there are no jokes written!

My friend sent me a YouTube video of a kitty playing piano - cute, but not side splitting (though I really liked seeing it). I have some joke books that I should probably take a look at - one by Garrison Keillor. Perhaps that's someplace to begin.

Well, if you have any suggestions, please let me know. Perhaps a bit of laughter would help me forget that I just used up two whole sick days that I will need later on. I know it was better to use them before I got real sick, and I sure was grateful for the rest. But I know there are times coming when even if I want to, I won't be able to push myself and go in spite of not feeling well. Ah, but we cannot go there. What is done is past, and the future not yet arrived, so we will just take each day as it comes, and look for the best in each moment. Leave the details to the good Lord.