The oath of laughter was one of the most shared posts in 2017 in LOU Facebook Group. It was submitted by Traci Nickerson. I (your name), VOW to laugh at the small things in life. I (your name), VOW to take the time to look for giggles. I (your name), VOW to connect daily with my inner [...]
In philosophy, happiness translates the Greek concept of eudaimonia, and refers to the good life, or flourishing, rather than simply an emotion. Here is an infographic that looks at this topic more in-depth.
If crying is good for us, how can we bring about and shed our deeper tears? I do not yet have the full answer, but have come up with a partial answer.
Most of the communication travelling through the vagus nerve is body-mind, not mind-body. Essentially, the Vagus nerve reverses the flow of information.
Simply put, the Law of Attraction is the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on, and turning good intentions into positive action. This article is a summary of what I learned about it today.
Words are one of the essential tools we as humans use to communicate. We all know how important nice words, or positive words can be to an individual. Here is a list of the top 100 happy words according to research: word happiness_rank laughter 1 happiness 2 love 3 happy 4 laughed 5 laugh [...]
Steven Wright is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and an Oscar-winning film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical, and sometimes nonsensical jokes, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. He was ranked as the twenty-third greatest comedian by Comedy Central in a list [...]
The following is the summary of a conversation from the LOU Facebook group on general advice about laughing with kids in an auditorium: Teachers must be in the room and help with discipline - if not, you're in for a ride because if they don't, they leave the beasts loose! NEVER have the kids come on stage [...]
Straight from the happiness lore Some sayings have been with us so long that their origins are now wholly forgotten. Popular aphorisms such as "It takes 43 muscles to frown and only 17 to smile" claiming that a greater number of facial muscles are needed to produce a frown than to generate a smile are [...]
For the children: If it was true then children awake 12 hours per day would be laughing at least once every 1-2 minutes from sunrise till sunset. For the adults: Studies are limited and inconsistent. One research does suggest that adults laugh an average of 17.5 times per day (Martin RA, Kuiper NA. Daily occurrence [...]
