It’s working.
With the outpouring of prayers and support, I asked for jokes – and I’m getting the best ever.
And it’s true: laughter is a strong medicine. I feel better when I’ve read the jokes. So keep them coming.
I just learned that according to research laughter draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. It strengthens our immune system, boosts mood, and diminishes pain. All the things I need right now.
But best of all it also helps you release anger and forgive sooner – that convinces me to more than to share and promote jokes.
I want to share with you - some of the jokes that have come to me
"What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum?" "A meltdown."
"How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it."
"When two vegans get in an argument, is it still called a beef?"
Love those jokes.
I’m learning in a new way that story telling is also good for us.
Listen to this.
Telling your story—while being witnessed with loving attention by others who care—may be the most powerful medicine on earth.
This is the research. Every time you tell your story and someone else who cares bears witness to it, you turn off the body’s stress responses, “flipping off toxic stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine and flipping on relaxation responses that release healing hormones like oxytocin dopamine, nitric oxide, and endorphins.
Not only does this turn on the body’s innate self-repair mechanisms and function as preventative medicine—or treatment if you’re sick. It also relaxes your nervous system and helps heal your mind of depression, anxiety, fear, anger, and feelings of disconnection.
I’m not sure what that all means, but it sounds really good!
My bedside nurse is now insisting that I blog out my story to you.
I know it’s not ready for public consumption yet – unedited etc. but I’m going to do it anyway.
You can actually help. I am open to suggestions, and definitely fact checking….
I will also include at the end of each story a few reflections that diarize my journey through this new challenge of the dark night of the soul, the body, the heart and the mind.
And then to lighten things up I will include a joke. – why not?
Thank you for journeying and “joking” with me.
With the outpouring of prayers and support, I asked for jokes – and I’m getting the best ever.
And it’s true: laughter is a strong medicine. I feel better when I’ve read the jokes. So keep them coming.
I just learned that according to research laughter draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. It strengthens our immune system, boosts mood, and diminishes pain. All the things I need right now.
But best of all it also helps you release anger and forgive sooner – that convinces me to more than to share and promote jokes.
I want to share with you - some of the jokes that have come to me
"What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum?" "A meltdown."
"How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it."
"When two vegans get in an argument, is it still called a beef?"
Love those jokes.
I’m learning in a new way that story telling is also good for us.
Listen to this.
Telling your story—while being witnessed with loving attention by others who care—may be the most powerful medicine on earth.
This is the research. Every time you tell your story and someone else who cares bears witness to it, you turn off the body’s stress responses, “flipping off toxic stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine and flipping on relaxation responses that release healing hormones like oxytocin dopamine, nitric oxide, and endorphins.
Not only does this turn on the body’s innate self-repair mechanisms and function as preventative medicine—or treatment if you’re sick. It also relaxes your nervous system and helps heal your mind of depression, anxiety, fear, anger, and feelings of disconnection.
I’m not sure what that all means, but it sounds really good!
My bedside nurse is now insisting that I blog out my story to you.
I know it’s not ready for public consumption yet – unedited etc. but I’m going to do it anyway.
You can actually help. I am open to suggestions, and definitely fact checking….
I will also include at the end of each story a few reflections that diarize my journey through this new challenge of the dark night of the soul, the body, the heart and the mind.
And then to lighten things up I will include a joke. – why not?
Thank you for journeying and “joking” with me.
"Laugh as much as possible, always laugh.
It's the sweetest thing one can do for
oneself & one's fellow human beings."
–Maya Angelou
It's the sweetest thing one can do for
oneself & one's fellow human beings."
–Maya Angelou
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