They laugh unconditionally. They don’t even need a sense of humor to do this. Humor is a culturally shaped trait. The small children don’t have it. They live in a magical world and laugh from their being with joy and playfulness. It is like they have a superpower.
As adults, we laugh less: just about 30 times on a day. Maybe less. We lost our superpower and we are trapped in a daily life that looks so dull and hard so often. We are carrying an invisible weight on our shoulders.
And it is a big loss because laughing is one of the most beneficial things that we can do for ourselves. Laugh helps us to improve our mood, our health. It helps us in all the aspect of our lives. On a personal level, we unleash a healthy playfulness that allows us to face more graceful all the challenges that life present to us. We become healthier, more positive, more confident, more creative and more joyful. On the interpersonal level, our relationships with family, friends, co-workers become more meaningful. Our capacity to deal with people and situation increase.
And the best part is that these changes are contagious, - like laugh itself. Our good mood affects the others, and they can feel better just by laughing with us.
We haven't really lost this superpower. We just forgot it.
There is still in us, and we can bring it again at the surface. We can learn how to laugh without no reason, and how to wake up the childish playfulness within us.
We can do this with Laughter yoga session.
Here you have a short movie called ”Happier in 5 Minutes” Enjoy it!
And let's laugh together this week! :)
