Have You Laughed Today?

I find something to make me laugh every day.  Not every minute of every day, but for sure every day.  My wife and my friends think I'm strange because I watch Jerry Springer while riding on my spin bike.  I know it's all made up bull....., but it makes me laugh.  When the audience starts screaming "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry" I'm raising my arms and screaming with them.


Am I stupid for watching the show - NO!  Why, because laughing makes me happy.  Laughing releasing endorphins in your frontal lobe that controls your mood.  When laughing, these endorphins release stress and create a positive attitude.  Endorphin release happens when you do other things (some positive and some negative).  Exercise releases endorphins, eating sweets releases endorphins, doing drugs releases endorphins, true love releases endorphins and great sex releases endorphins.


I vote for laughter, exercising, love and sex.  One of the reasons some people get addicted is because they crave the endorphin rush.  If I'm going to get addicted I want it to be because I'm laughing too much, exercising too much, loving too much and having too much sex.


Not all of us have control over how much we exercise.  Illness, broken bones, work and family, etc. etc. can limit the amount of exercise we get.  Not all of us have control over how much we love.  Growing up in a very bad situation makes some people put up so many barriers that they find it hard to love.  Not all of us have control over how much sex we get.  The reason is because it takes another person involved to have great sex.


Sooo, if we can't control how much exercise, love and sex we have, then why not focus on the thing we can control - laughter.  There is always enough time to laugh.  There is always enough things going on that can make you laugh.  The issue is, do you go looking for laughter or are you hoping it will just happen?  Do you view life as being so hard that there is no laughter out there?  Do you believe that laughing won't change a thing in your unhappy life?


I hope you are not one of those people.  I hope you realize that laughter will give you positive energy which will lead to a happier life.  I hope you seek out positive energy people that make you laugh.  I hope you become one of those people by laughing a lot.  I hope you start out each day looking for things to laugh about instead of waiting for the outside world to make you laugh.

It's easy if you don't make it hard.  Remember, if all else fails, you can always record Jerry Springer and laugh you ass off while cheering "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry."