Hormones: Stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine, adrenaline and dopamine are reduced. Health-enhancing hormones like endorphins and neurotransmitters are increased. Laughter means a stronger immune system
Good workout: A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, leaving muscles more relaxed. It even provides a good workout for the heart!
Right Perspective: Laughter helps you see the funnier things of life
Social Benefits: Laughter is contagious. By elevating the mood of others, it improves the quality of social interaction, reducing stress more!
Fights Illness: Optimists have stronger immune systems and are actually able to fight off illness better. Overall, scientists have found that optimistic people are healthier and live longer!
It Feels Like Eating 2000 Chocolate Bars: A smile gives the same level of stimulation as eating 2000 chocos!
Some Thoughts
'Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live'
—Anonymous
'The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter'
—Mark Twain
'Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at'
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
'If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...'
—Anonymous
'Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter'
—Friedrich Nietzsche
'God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh'
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