Hello again, Steemians! In this blog post I want to talk to you about a neglected secret of mankind; The secret that is often spoken but rarely ever put to use. The secret that may not change your life, but can drastically change the way you rise up against your difficulties.
Sometimes life takes you to a dark small corner and punches you hard in the face. Even the very best of us may lose their balance and run away from the battlefield. The battlefield of life. In this challenging and unexpected path, each and every one of us needs reminders to help fuel strength and perseverance.
Now, I do understand the cliché nature of what I am about to explain to you. It is a truth spoken in more languages and in more ways than anyone could ever be able to count. It is the pinnacle of every motivational philosophy in the world. It is the cornerstone of advice for healthy living. It is the treatment that is used against a thousand pains and diseases.
You know of what I speak. Some people get it into their heads that it is pretentious to smile or laugh without reason; people who would strip themselves of one of the most fundamental and unadulterated pleasures of man that comes without any cost, nor repercussions. As if you would need a reason to laugh!
In the March of 1995, an Indian physician named Madan Kataria sat down to write an article about laughter and how it is the best medicine that people could ever hope for in spite of the pains that they have to endure in their times of sickness. He went on to create the very first school of thought dedicated to the practice of laughing, which is now known as ‘Laughter Yoga.’ In his own words, “When you laugh, you change. When you change, the whole world changes.”
We can get caught up in all sorts of scientific explanation and data proving that laughter is the best medicine of all. Laughter is the enemy of depression. Laughter alleviates boredom and anxiety. It is difficult to think about your problems when you are laughing. Even when you are feeling down or having a breakdown, laughter can take you away from that sense of being drowned or lost.
But we are not here to talk about scientific facts or treatments for sickness. What we always want to do is inspire our soul and stimulate our awareness to become more prepared against the challenges that we have to face every day in the path to greatness.
Laughter and its powerful effects might indeed seem like a cliched and simple idea at first, but what I want to tell you is that you should never deprive yourself of this blessing that is given to us in spite of all the things that we have to tolerate in our lifetime.
Successful people say that we often find ourselves laughing at the problems that we once had to deal with, but are no longer of any importance or relevance to our life. So why not laugh at them from the very beginning, and then try to find a solution when they are actually bearable?
You have been given this counsel many times, but for once I would like to ask you to actually pay heed to how much you smile or laugh every day and how it could affect your mind and your soul. To think about how it could help your tolerance and your patience. To think about how you could, from now on, consciously laugh throughout specific times of the day and see the amazing results for yourself.
Laughter is not stupid. It does not require reason. And trust me, it is not pretentious. Those who attribute these qualities to laughing are never people with a mindset that strives towards great things, with challenges and obstacles innumerable. So, starting today, try to use this secret weapon to your advantage!
Remember Community: Please, if you commented on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
My goal is to see you all with 80 upvotes and for this we need to bring more people with positive Mindset to this blog and this you can do by inviting people who follow you on your blogs and making a subtract of all posts.
You all know the goal we can reach.
The question is: Who is with me in this endeavor?
A BIG HUG!!!