Laughing

Everyone canlaugh, as such this activity has universal applicability. It has been proven to help healing and helpsrelieve stress and anxiety. It was evenrecognised by Sigmund Freud and used by him as therapy. Dr Robert Holden opened a Government backed ‘Laughterclinic’ in the UK as part of the NHS.

The humour must be stress relieving, inoffensive, and recognisably be a joke. It must also be entirely absorbing, becauseit works in part by suppressing the intellect. If the humour is good and utterly absorbing, then it invokes a feeling of deeprelaxation, and inspiration, wisdom and healing are all yours. If nothing happens console yourself with thewords of Alan Alda: "when people are laughing, they're generally notkilling one another!"

Orthodoxy – G. K. Chesterton

Seriousness isnot a virtue. It would be more sensible to say that seriousness is avice. It is much easier towrite a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch. Forsolemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter is a leap. It is easyto be heavy; hard to be light. Satan fellby the force of gravity.