Benefits of laughing

Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hopes, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert.


Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after.

Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.

Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.

Laughter protects the heart. Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.

Trust

I am sure that many of us can agree that trust is a vital aspect in our lives, it can be defined as being both an emotional and logical act. Emotionally it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, where as logically you have assessed the probabilities of gain and loss and predicted that the person in question will behave in a predictable manner.

But what happens when someone breaks that trust? Can trust be restored? Well personally I would not trust someone again who has broken my trust because many people do not realise how precious it is and your relationship can never be the same again. Almost 80% of the time the person who has been betrayed never completely trust another person again which is a real shame.

So value trust in all your relationships as it is increasingly hard to restore.

Self Belief

Self belief is very similar to self confidence and it moves between two extremes.

"At the low end, where you feel depressed, worthless; everything is difficult or too much trouble; the world looks as if it's closing in on you and is full of people who ignore, abuse or bully you - and you are powerless to do anything about it".

"At the high end, you feel elated; life is full of pleasure and opportunity; people respond positively to you; you have that power to make a difference and you feel really good about yourself"

Generally as we move through life we thrive towards the high end until something happens that completely upsets our equilibrium like we lose our job, fall ill, end a relationship or lose someone close - these things can drag us to the low end and completely deplete our self worth.

Remember when your self belief takes a knock and that inner voice wants you to concentrate on the negative just mentally say thanks but I'm going to look at things in a more positive light. Your brain is so powerful and what you believe, you are able to conceive.

Have you figured out the second head fake?

Randy Pausch is truly an inspirational man who saw the positive against all odds and expressed his ideas and philosophies on life.

Did you figure out the head fake? "It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way ... the dreams will come to you.

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough".

Sometimes we wonder why we have to go through difficult situations and why things have to change as we are comfortable in our current situation. Things happen to get us moving and allow us to push our own boundaries. We also need to realise that sometimes situations become difficult so that we can leave it behind and move forward. I believe that everything happens for a reason in life.

How hard is it to follow instructions

Well instructions can be given in many different contexts, it can be a direction which is a message describing how something is to be done or it could be education which are the activities that impart knowledge or skill.

Instructions can be extremely hard to follow if we do not follow it in the correct manner or listen carefully to what the instructions entail. Instuctions are meant to make life easier and tell you exactly how to join A-B and B-C but sometimes we do not agree with certain instructions or simply want to do things in the manner that we see fit - this is when instructions could become a nightmare as they have been tested before and there are reasons for them on products and appliances.

Sometimes we do not agree with our parents or employers when they instruct us to do certain things or not to do them. Remember instructions are there for a reasons, so that you may follow them.

Andy Warhol said "In future everybody will be famous for 15 min." Why would you be famous?

I am sure that everyone has the burning desire to be famous even if it only lasts for 15 minutes. We are all human and being famous makes us feel important and possibly special because we are being recognised on a huge scale. Most of us wonder what it would be like when we see well known personalities on television and if it is really as glamorous as it seems.

Well if I was given 15 minutes, I would be world famous for empowering people and encouraging them to rise up and become great world leaders. There are to many people in this world that walk around without purpose and this results in crime being committed and people wasting their lives. I would like to tell people, there is hope and a way out of their situation no matter how hard it may seem.

I would be world famous for changing the mind sets of individuals and helping them to lead a better life.

What makes you smile?

I think the smallest things are the ones that I appreciate the most in life. Waking up in the morning and seeing a beautiful day makes me smile, hearing the birds chirp gives me reason to get out of bed in the mornings and be positive about the day ahead. If birds can be so happy...What are you depressed about?

Having family and friends who care about me, gives me the greatest joy because their are so many people who are without loved ones. Seeing my dog jump up and down with joy when she sees me makes me smile as it is amazing to me how ones presence can make a dog so overjoyed.

I smile simply because I am alive, I am healthy and I am on a journey to accomplishing all my goals. I smile because I am happy and I am looking forward to a great future.