Laughter

Is laughter the best medicine? You don't have to study physiology to prove it , just find more to laugh about and prove it to yourself.

 Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

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• Mindfulness
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• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

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Transcript

Laughter

It’s been said that laughter is the best medicine. Based on my personal history, that seems to be the case.

Looking back over my close friendships in life, they all had one thing in common. Each person could make me laugh until I couldn’t breathe, and then make me laugh on top of that.

In my case great friends = laughter.

Genuine laughter is so spontaneous. It comes from a special place – a place of healing.

I’m sure some researcher could tell you all the physiological benefits of laughter but it goes deeper than the research. There's a part of us that wants us to laugh because it knows that laughter is in our best interest. Maybe that’s the reason I gravitate to friends who made me laugh.

Laughter is not a commodity; it’s a necessity.

If you can’t find something to laugh about every day, you're compromising your health.

Think about any sourpuss you know and just notice their condition of health. Reminds me of a story . . .

Lots of years ago we had a very serious couple live in our neighborhood. He was a psychiatrist and his wife was a psychologist. They had a little boy named Danny who used to play with our boys. That’s how I got to know the parents, through the son.

Danny was a pensive kid and I can honestly tell you I never saw him laugh. It became evident when I met the parents. The father was so stiff that you would have guessed his spine was surgically fused together, and the mother constantly lived in the shade. Her cup never even got to half empty. They were like a skit on Saturday Night Live, even though that show hadn’t debuted yet.

The topic of conversation was always on the down side and they never cracked a smile. They were the sickliest people I can ever remember. Danny had every malady you could imagine a kid having and never once did these brilliant people deduce that their approach to life was causing their ills.

A day without laughter is a wasted day.

Find something to laugh about today and again tomorrow. It’s really a matter of focus.

Focus on laughter and find your personal HMO.

All the best,

John