Pondering Pundit

Laughter. Isn’t it the best? A good laugh just lifts your spirits, puts a smile on your face and makes the stresses of the day melt away for a spell.

This past weekend my Fiancé had her two grandchildren up for a visit and the time was great. These two young children reminded me of the power of laughter and the great joy it brought to my heart.

Hearing them laughing, whether it being on the fourwheeler or roasting smores, or telling stories or just them running around in the yard was a true blessing. My Fiancé and I had smiles plastered on our faces the entire weekend because of the youthfulness and laughter of these two grandchildren.

If you stop and think about it, whenever you enter a restaurant, or family members home, or other public facility and you hear laughter, it immediately changes the expectation when entering the building.

Laughter makes our experiences, our trials, our stresses and so much more just easier to handle. Laughter brings joy to our own hearts and souls as well as those around us. I personally like to find opportunities to find laughter every day. Whether I am at work, at home or out and about, I look for laughter and I try to share laughter with all I meet.

Below are a few quotes by various people about laughter

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts. — Madeleine L’Engle

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. — William Thackeray

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. — Phyllis Diller

A smile starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly; but a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around. — Carolyn Birmingham

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. — Lord Byron

An optimist laughs to forget; a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Nansbury

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can. — Linda Ellerbee

If Laughter cannot solve your problems, it will definitely DISSOLVE your problems; so that you can think clearly what to do about them – Dr. Madan Kataria

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know the man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, or seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you’ll get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he’s a good man… All I claim to know is that laughter is the most reliable gauge of human nature. — Feodor Dostoyevsky

Laughter lets me relax. It’s the equivalent of taking a deep breath, letting it out and saying, ‘This, too, will pass’. — Odette Pollar

Go out everyday with laughter on you mind. Look to ways to make yourself and others laugh, because laughter is the best medicine.

Happy reading Cibola!