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Sip of Soup - March/April,
2004
Positivity TM Power
One of my favorite stories in Chicken
Soup for the Nurse's Soul is when the ER supervisor rushes to
the Emergency Room driveway just as the frantic dad drives up and jumps
out screaming, "The baby is coming!" The competent nurse opens
the passenger door to see the mom leaning back in the seat, groaning and pushing-with
three little boys gawking over her shoulder from the back seat. As the
nurse delivers the baby she hears one boy gasp, "Now I know where
babies come from!" His little brother responds, "Yeah, from
under a car seat!"
This story makes me laugh every time I read it-so I read it often.
Laughter releases stress, tension, and endorphins (our body's feel-good
medicine.) Even people around us benefit when we laugh!
You've heard the statistic that children laugh 400 hundred times a day
and adults laugh only 11. And, some adults can't even meet that quota! We
have lots to learn from children (besides where babies come from!). We
need to, like them, laugh freely and often-every day!
Lessons from LeAnn
We must plan laughter into our daily
lives. What makes you laugh? Schedule it-surround yourself
with it.
A little tip for starters is to create in every workplace (and home
place) a laughter bulletin board, where we can post cartoons, jokes,
photos, and clean humor to happy-up our hearts, amuse our minds, and
soothe our souls.
Soup for the Day - A Healthy Quote
I like
laughter that opens the lips and the heart, that shows at the same time
pearls in the soul.
- Victor Hugo
Victor also said, Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human
face.
Happy Springtime!
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and tapes, click on the link below.
www.LeAnnThieman.com
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