Laughter

.Bwahahahaha! LOL! Giggle giggle snort giggle! TeeheeeeeTeehheeee! Hahahahahaha! Heeheeeeheee! You guessed it...LAUGHTER! I'm sure you have heard the expression "Time can heal all wounds". Well, that may be true...but laughter can heal all wounds, too...and much faster than time. I could give you all the mumbo jumbo scientific theories about endorphins being released in your body...but why bother...you and I both know, it feels good to laugh. When I had cancer...the first time...they had to cut my neck in the front from one side to the other. Then, after they removed the cancer, they stapled the incision shut. My pastor came in, grinned at me and said "Hey, you could be the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween!" We all laughed hysterically. When my grandmother passed away my family went out to dinner and cackled late into the night about our favorite "Nan stories and phrases"...my personal favorite was when someone would get upset with her, she would say in her classic New Jersey accent "Aw...blow it out your biscuit"! I could go on all day with the hilarity known as my life...stories involving napkin holders, backward thong underwear and so on....but here's my point....When something makes you laugh, that is all your mind is focused on for that moment. It is like a mini-vacation from your grief...or your loneliness...or your anger. It let's you focus on the trivial while the heaviness of your heart heals. The Psalmist wrote that "Laughter is a good medicine"...and I happen to know he was right.