This is really an understatement – and scientific research has proved this to be true as well.
I realized this even more when I initially posted this on Facebook. The response I received from such a huge number of people was so amazing! So many had been in need of laughter in that moment they saw my post. It enlightened me even more about the power of laughter. I’d felt guided to post that, even if the photo I chose to accompany it (created by me) made me look absolutely silly!
Since the response was so phenomenal, I decided to create a blog post from it, so that more people can enjoy it and benefit from it, for years to come. :))
I had a laugh-out-loud conversation with a soul sister that inspired this sharing (thanks Tanya!).
Laughter is such a powerful medicine that uplifts us even higher, and in an instant, can lighten the heart and clarify the mind! (Flowers can have the same effect!)
It’s so important to surround ourselves with people who share the same sense of humour and love to laugh. And there is such a thing as different senses of humour! One of my brothers and I discovered this when we went to university and we’d hang out together with different friends. At times, we’d both be cracked up laughing out loud with tears rolling down our cheeks, over something that we found so hilarious, yet others didn’t seem to find it nearly as funny as we did.
I love people who can make themselves laugh and laugh at themselves too! (I’m one of those!) It’s really a priceless gift we give to ourselves (and the Dolphins would agree!). My dear Michael and I laugh out loud daily together, and it’s such a blessing. When we do, we always see many twinkly Fae light up around us – the Elementals also love the energy of joyous laughter! Even all my Spirit Guides have a sense of humour (which I also love, including when at times it can feel momentarily annoying!).
It’s such a gift to be able to laugh, including when we experience negative things…
I recently experienced a tech issue that was driving me c-r-a-z-y. No matter what I tried, what should have been a simple thing, just wasn’t working. I became SO frustrated, but instead of breaking my computer or waiting until I could ask Michael (my tech support husband), I asked Spirit for a divine solution…
… and the answer I received from my Guides?… “Eat icecream”. Pahahaha…!!!
It was sooo ridiculous that it burst me into out-loud-laughter and blasted through my heavy emotions, instantly shifting them to joyous surrender.
And guess what? In doing so… I suddenly received a flash of insight that provided my desired solution – tech issue instantly solved! And it was SO simple, it made me laugh even more! My agitated state had been blocking me from seeing the solution.
Spirit is infinitely wise and knows the priceless value of laughter.
One of my favourite laughter movie scenes is Tom Hanks in “The Money Pit” where he watches his water-filled bathtub crash through the second floor onto the main floor below and he just cracks up into a fit of insane laughter that is so hilarious, you can’t help but laugh along with him…! At that point, it was all he could do – surrender in laughter! And laughter is contagious.
In the spirit of Laughter medicine, I created a digital collage made up of 3 different photos taken by my soul sister Eva in 2009, when I visited her in the Netherlands. We were having fun exploring a town (Meppel?) and saw so many gorgeous gardens in full bloom and came upon the most giant wooden shoes in front of a store! I just HAD to try them on of course, and the experience had us giggling for a while.
Seeing those images again reminded me of the beautiful quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Earth laughs in flowers.”
Do you remember a time when laughter instantly shifted things for you to benefit you?
With great love and wonder-filled spirit,
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