Laughter, Best Remedy Ever!!

Laughter is the best medicine, now there is a very common comment. I also believe this one, laughter is the best medicine.

When you are laughing and enjoying yourself there is no better feeling. Your spirits are high, your outlook is positive, and you feel better all over.

Haven't you ever experienced a time when you were at your lowest and that right person came along and said or did something that just made you start laughing? Have you ever watched a show on TV and someone did something that made you laugh out loud when you were the only one in the room? Here's a good one too, how about reading cards that you are buying for someone and you find yourself laughing out loud in the store? Laughing is a great remedy for all that ails you.

Remember I told you earlier about going to get your yearly physical? Well, my results ended up being nothing that I had expected. I found that I need to have surgery to get my ovary removed because of a tumor that is growing on it. This will be my third operation because of these same kind of problems and it just kind of blind sided me because I thought I was done with all that.

Anyway, getting back to the laughter part, I have been pretty down and went to tell my best friend what was going on. She is a cook and was working in the kitchen where she works so I went in there to talk to her. As I was telling her I started to cry a little and she came over to give me a hug and I went to hug her back. In that little bit of time she closed the microwave door that was right beside us and my sleeve got caught in the door. I had to say, I can't hug you because I am stuck in the microwave door. We both started laughing, it took the pressure off and made it all easier in some ways. My friends and family make me laugh a lot and I know from experience that it is my best medicine.

I watch Ellen on TV for that reason, the woman can make me laugh like no other. I enjoy her so much and I can count that I will laugh while watching her show. Friends and Mad About You use to do the same thing.

Find whatever it takes to give you a laugh in your day. It doesn't matter if it is a TV show, friends, family, or a stranger for that matter. You will feel so much better from laughing and you will be able to handle whatever is in your path in a healthier manner.

Find Your Positive Outlook

Do you have a hard time finding a way to maintain a positive outlook in your life? Do you find that it is easier to be depressed and alone?

Well, you are not alone and it is easier to let yourself feel that way, but it is not the answer. Reach way down inside yourself and find that person that wants to make today and all your tomorrows better and just plain work on it. You are not going to have any immediate change but if you really try, you can do it.

There are so many obstacles in our lives to interfere with us keeping that positive outlook. We deal with health, weight, family, money, jobs, loss, and that is just to name a few. We take care of one situation and another one crops up. You start to question just how much more can you take? What did you do to deserve this? Will it ever end?

How many times have you heard someone say, "God only gives you what you can handle", "Every problem only makes you a stronger person", or "You'll get through this"?

To some extent all those sayings are true, you have to handle it, you will get stronger, and you will get through it. How you do this though is totally up to you.

Positive thinking is a necessity to get you through every day. I know it is so hard sometimes to find that positive thought but when you do it is easier to move ahead. You think more clearly, you act and feel healthier mentally and physically, and you find solutions that you may never have discovered just by thinking in a more positive manner.

Don't ever feel alone, we all share the obstacles that are thrown at us. Think positive and if you're finding that hard to do, call a friend that can help you find that positive feeling, that's what friends are for.

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Fun With April Fools Day

Tomorrow is April 1st, are you ready to have some fun with that? Many people find April Fools Day to be a day to have some fun with friends.

I have had a few April Fools jokes played on me over the years. Of course sometimes I didn't find the jokes to be very funny until after the fact. Jokes like I've been in a accident and something happened to the house and so fourth really can get you worked up and it is hard to find the humor at the moment.

I have played a few jokes on people too. One joke I played was on one of my bosses. I was working for a book fair business and one of the Harry Potter Books was just being released. The book was treated as if it was gold and inventory needed to be done on this book every morning and night before I left because it was not the release date yet and it was illegal to open any boxes till that date. There was a lot of theft going on with that book so we had to keep our eyes open.

I use to joke that I was the Harry Potter police and carried a whistle around my neck. On the day of the books release we were expecting a second shipment to come in and it just happened to be arriving on April Fools Day. I called my boss and pretended that the shipment had arrived and was damaged. I told him that I had the delivery people there and I was having a problem with them. I really got him and he never forgot that. Every year that I was there after he was waiting on April Fools for me to do something else. There was no topping that one though.

So tomorrow, on April Fools Day, lighten up and have a little fun with someone you would love to get. Also, be ready, you may be the target of someone else's plans.

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Spring Has Sprung

The weather is starting to improve outside which brings a rejuvenating feeling to many people. Spring is a good time to start making changes in your lifestyle. Taking a walk at night is always a good way to unwind after a filling dinner. Walking also gives you time to think and let those thoughts go for the rest of the evening.

Spending more time outside rather than in the house seems to give people a healthier personality. There is so many little things we can do to pass the time outside, we see and talk to neighbors that we haven't seen in a few months. Spring is like a beginning, a new fresh day. Don't you notice that people seem so much happier when the weather is nicer?

Use this time to start new habits in exercise, eating, things you have put off. Spend time with your family. Go on picnics, participate in outside activities, encourage any activity that can bring your family out of the home. We have all been inside for many months sitting in front of the TV, computer, mainly sitting. Time to make a change people.

How about making a commitment right now while you're reading this. Make a list of accomplishments for this week and do them, next week make another. If you take it week by week and you see you are heading in the right direction, you will push harder the next week. If you just sit there, though, and don't start anything, nothing will ever change.

My goals are to start exercising just a little bit every day and my husband and I have many projects to complete around the house outside. We work on them together and we still manage to have fun. We don't put any pressure on, just do what we can each day. We like to go camping in the summer, so in order to be able to do that we have to get these things done soon.

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Heathly Communication

When you talk with someone do you listen to what the other person is saying or are you quick to react without taking a moment to think about what is really being said? Learning to communicate healthy is important. If you feel that you lack in this area, it is a very good place to start learning new skills.

We have all kind of grown up and developed communication skills that may not be working well for us. Maybe you find that you don't express how you are feeling well, or maybe you feel that you never understand others very well. These communication problems can be worked on. You can learn different skills and different methods to try that may help you.

One of the things that get in peoples way is they don't take the time to talk in a healthy manner. People are always in a rush to get to the next conversation or errand, by the end of the day they can't even remember any conversation they may have had.

If there is an important conversation you have to have with someone find a place and time that is compatible to both and sit down to talk. Make sure that you are in a place where there can be no distractions. It is important if you are the one that initiated this that you need to begin and tell in a calm manner what it is that is on your mind. When you are done with what you need to say make sure you listen to what the other person has to say and give it a minute thought before you react. Keeping matters calm and the other person knowing that you are listening to them will make your conversation more productive.

Notice the person that is troubled and may need to vent. Offer them a good ear and listen to what they have to say. Sometimes people do not need your advice but they need someone to just listen. This is also healthy communication.

The more you work on your communication skills the more you will find that you will feel like you accomplished something very important to you. When you use healthy communication skills, you tend to leave your conversations knowing that you understand the person you have spoken with better, and that person understands you. If you don't practice those skills, your conversations will end with you questioning did I get my point across?, was I to demanding?, or maybe you didn't understand one thing that you were told but you didn't take the time to question them.

If you feel that you need to work on your communication skills then start today, it is something you can do.

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What Are Your Summer Plans

What are your summer plans? Are you planning to go on a vacation of any kind? There are things you can do to get away and not spend a lot of money.

I am projecting that there will be many people not going on vacation this year and that can bring feelings of unfairness. Everyone needs to escape even if it is just a little one. We all work hard and get caught up in our every day functions. Levels of stress add up and there just doesn't seem to be any release offered.

Instead of planning that big Florida vacation that will cost you more money than you have available why not look into a lake that is near you. Cottages can run so cheap for a week at lake resorts and you don't need a lot of extra money to spend. You will get away, have a beach and lake to go to, and there will be functions happening around with people to enjoy them with.

My husband and I, about five years ago, bought a used trailer that someone just didn't need any more. We didn't spend a lot of money on it and we put it in a campsite near a lake about two and a half hours away from where we live. We go there almost every weekend from the end of May through October.

We, also, in those years purchased a pontoon boat from someone who didn't want it any more and sold it at a great price.We fixed it up a little and we use it all the time. We know friends there and get together a lot on and off the lake. The fires we have at our camps are the best.

Now we have a vacation every year and we get to go often without spending tons of money. Actually we spend less there because when you are home and go out it cost a lot. Every weekend we can't wait to get there, the peace and enjoyment it brings us you can't even imagine.

So don't punish yourself because you can't afford that big vacation, the little ones are just as rewarding.

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Work Together To Make Things Less Stressful

The weather is getting nicer outside and many people are beginning to plan their summer projects. There are so many things that are easier to get accomplished in the nice weather that you start to see everyone going outside again.

Money being tight for everyone is a major problem on what we chose to accomplish. It comes to a toss up of what is really neccessary and what you can afford. This causes a lot of stress to pick and chose for fear that you might make a wrong decision and have the one thing that you thought could last another year won't.

For me, we had to take some trees down that were causing damage to our house. In taking those trees down we found that we had to hire someone to take out the stumps, then you need to fix the lawn to get grass to grow and so fourth. We have a porch that is falling apart, a roof that needs replaced, and a air conditioning unit that has given us problems for a few years now. What to fix and how far can your money go??

One thing that we can all take comfort in is that we are not alone in this area. There are so many people out there that are having extreme stress over these problems. My only advice is to take it day by day, start on something that you can get accomplished and see how much you have left over before you decide what is next. There are many places that will give you free estimates and give good advice on how to maintain with what you have until you can afford to fix or replace something.

Many people are trying to do things themselves these days and that is not a bad idea. I have a better one though, you have to know that your friend or neighbor might need to have something done too. Help each other, make plans to work together and accomplish both of your goals.

With the world the way it is today, we all have to help each other. There are so many people out of jobs or they have a job and they are still struggling. So much stress out there! Maybe it is time for us to all pull together and turn that stress into a really good, positive attitude.

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