Our family loves to laugh. Whether it’s at someone or with someone, whether it’s joke night or just time to get silly, laughter is a ton of fun. In fact, some of my greatest memories as a child were times when our family had all out gut-busting times of long, hard laughter.
Families who learn to laugh more together learn to enjoy life more together. Here’s three reasons why you need to make laughter a regular ingredient in your home:
It Makes Life More Enjoyable for Everyone
When you’re laughing, your smiling, and when you’re smiling, you’re having fun. Even if you don’t want to admit it. Learning to laugh at your self and not take everything in life so seriously will help you and your family enjoy every day of life just a little bit more. Laughter has a unique way of strengthening family unity and making life more fun and enjoyable for everyone.
“A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.” – Shirely McClain
It Lightens Your Load & Lifts Your Spirit
When you’re having a bad day, or you just need to be refreshed, nothing can change the mood like a goofy friend, a silly joke, or some unexpected humor. Even when life throws us curveballs, and we have a bad day, laughter can do something for us that little else can do. At least for a few moments, it puts our mind at ease, and allows us to focus on something positive.
“I love people who can make me laugh, when I don’t even want to smile.” – Anonymous
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects, so please take it regularly.” – Anonymous
It’s Good for Your Health
As many health benefits as there are to laughter, it should be bottled up and sold. Laughter relaxes your body, relieves stress, boosts your immune system, improves blood flow, burns extra calories, and actually helps you live longer. Many studies have shown that good doses of laughter are like an internal medicine for your body.
Imagine that… Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
And even if it didn’t make you live longer, someone wisely noted that “If you laugh a lot, when you get older, your wrinkles will be in the right places.” 🙂
If you’re family is not laughing together regularly, you’re missing out! So maybe it’s about time your family busted out a joke night, had a silly dress up competition, engaged in an all-out tickle fight, or watched some crazy cat videos on YouTube! Whatever you do, let loose, and have some fun. Your family will be better for it!
To help get you started, here are some good, clean (& corny) jokes your family will enjoy!
“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” – Woody Allen
