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Girls are inclined to marry men like their fathers
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“If
it's true that girls are inclined to marry men like
their fathers,
it is understandable why so many mothers cry so much
at weddings.”
- Unknown
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Disease is contagious... How about cure?
Many
years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as "terminally ill."
He was given six months to live. His chance for recovery was one
in 500.
He could see the worry, depression and anger in his life contributed
to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease. He wondered, "If
illness can be caused by negativity, can wellness be created by
positivity?" He decided to make an experiment of himself.
Laughing was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented
all the funny movies he could find - Keaton, Chaplin, Fields,
the Marx Brothers. (This was before VCRs, so he had to rent the
actual films.) He read funny stories. He asked his friends to
call him whenever they said, heard or did something funny.
His pain was so great he could not sleep. Laughing for 10 solid
minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several hours so he could
sleep. He fully recovered from his illness and lived another 20
happy, healthy and productive years. (His journey is detailed
in his book, "Anatomy of an Illness".) He credits visualization,
the love of his family and friends, and laughing for his recovery.
Some people think laughing is a waste of time. It is a luxury,
they say, a frivolity, something to indulge in only every so often.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughing is essential
to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we're
not well, laughing helps us get well; if we are well, laughing
helps us stay that way.
Since Cousins' ground-breaking subjective work, scientific studies
have shown that laughter has a curative effect on the body, the
mind and the emotions. So, if you like laughing, consider it sound
medical advice to indulge in it as often as you can. If you don't
like laughter, then take your medicine - laugh anyway.
Use whatever makes you laugh - movies, sitcoms, Monty Python,
records, books, New Yorker cartoons, jokes, friends.
Give yourself permission to laugh - long and loud and out loud
- whenever anything strikes you as funny. The people around you
may think you're strange, but sooner or later they'll join in
even if they don't know what you're laughing about.
Some diseases may be contagious, but none is as contagious
as the cure. . . laughter.
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