Laughter is the Best Medicine

a4_99999909 It's often said that "experts" have shown that laughter is the best medicine; it boosts the immune system, lessens pain, reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, and has a beneficial effect on our overall well being. Plus, it's free!

Scientists have found that laughter is a form of internal massaging that exercises the body and stimulates the release of beneficial brain neurotransmitters and hormones. A positive outlook and laughter are actually good for your health.

Laughing empowers participants to enjoy a balance of body, mind and soul. In addition to helping the heart, laughter offers other important health benefits. When you laugh heartily, every organ is being massaged including your heart, lungs and digestive system. Headaches can go away. When you laugh the endorphins released make you feel this elation. As others have said, "It makes those big decisions seem so much less important" and "It's our greatest gift, especially if we can laugh at ourselves and not take ourselves so seriously."

The Power of Forgiveness

By Susan Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Forgiving those who have harmed you has a favorable impact on physical and mental health. And, as doctors at Harvard Medical School point out, nowhere is this truer than in the area of forgiveness. They summarize the research in this area and conclude that forgiving those who have done you wrong helps you more than it does them.

Nursing a grudge creates stress, raising blood pressure. But forgiving someone lowers your blood pressure and heart rate, and also reduces the workload of the heart. A study also shows that those with chronic back pain felt less pain and anxiety if they did meditation that concentrated on forgiveness.

Simple Secrets of How to Be Happy

By Darshan Goswami, M.S., PE

Being happy is really a choice we make. The secret of Happiness is simple, very simple - what is it?

You decide if you want to be happy!

We all strive for happiness in life. Like many, you probably think achievements such as education, marriage, family and social/financial status make you happy.

However, studies of happiness in several countries have found that these achievements have little to do with your happiness. For millions of people, happiness has remained a rather elusive goal. They've tried to buy happiness.

They've sought it through materialistic and pleasurable activities such as buying a new SUV or going on vacation. But nothing has seemed to work. For most people these changes, new possessions or temporary pleasures, might work for a while but will eventually become part of your status quo, and their power to deliver happiness will fade.

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