Is there anything quite like having a good belly laugh with a friend? I have a girlfriend who promotes that, whenever we see each other it is always a laugh a minute. She’s the type that is full of gaiety naturally. I am not saying she has not had her share of sadness, she has, yet she is always, it seems, in a state of merriment, or at least she is with me!
Deep, genuine laughter is a physical action in humans. It is portrayed through visual expression. It can be a result of the inner feeling of mirth or happiness that manifests itself as joy which finds its outlet through laughter. Did you know that a baby understands and learns to laugh before they learn to talk?
Also, spontaneous, wild laughter has an anesthetic effect in humans which equates to freedom from pain. At least for a few hours. Imagine living each day in reaching for a chuckle or guffaw to propel you. Or, you get lost in it and add-in a respiratory snort, I’ll bet you would probably be able to eliminate Advil from your life altogether!
So, while we are in this joyful season anyway, why not try to find those moments or those people who ignite that feeling in you? It’s a contagious reaction, so why not do your part to spread the joy?
I know the next time I see my girlfriend, we will pick up right where we left off and there will be plenty of hee haws to go around! She provokes laughter in me, everytime!
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Anais Nin
