A good laugh makes one feel good. Laughter lifts your mood up from difficult situations and disappointments. It helps you face life with optimism. Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow and thus protects you from a possible heart attack or stroke. Laughter relaxes the whole body by relieving stress and tension and gets the muscles relaxed. Laughter brings about the release of endorphins that is the natural feel-good chemicals of the body. Endorphin promotes a sense of well-being. Laughter relaxes the atmosphere also. It melts away depression, sadness, irritation, anger, tension, anxiety, and other negative emotions. After a hearty laugh, anyone would feel an enhanced sense of well being. It creates exercise for the whole brain – the right and left hemisphere. Like the old saying ‘the world loves a lover’, everyone loves a person who makes them laugh. The more sense of humor one has, more friends he has. Laughter has the power to attract others to you. Laughter is contagious and creates a chain reaction. It is available free of cost and has no negative side effects. “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone”.
