Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult times.
I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
Humor does not diminish the pain – it makes the space around it get bigger.
The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
Humor can be one of our best survival tools.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way – you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
In every job, relationship, or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are.
Our attitudes are the crayons that color our world.
Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.
The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.