Drug Facts: LAUGHTER
(the best medicine)
USES: When the world’s smallest violin is playing the world’s saddest song at your pity party. When you’re ready to Leap Out of Loss and back into life!
Active ingredients: Endorphins and feel-good brain chemicals
Directions: Take liberal doses as often as needed. This drug should be used liberally. May be used alone or with friends or strangers.
Warnings:
- May cause uncontrollable happiness.
- May lead you to forget your problems.
- Excessive use will increase your spirits.
- May bring about permanent joy.
Dosage:
- Take often.
- May start with a smile, then chuckle or giggle, and work your way into uncontrollable laughter.
- Take in excess dosages. Do not take in moderation. Excess is best.
Side Effects
This drug is contagious — You won’t be laughing alone for long
“Laughing is the shortest distance between two people,”
— Victor Borge
You’ll feel better from the physical and emotional benefits of laughter
“Seven days without laughter makes one weak,”
— Mort Walker
You may lose weight
Laughter lowers stress hormones, increases metabolism, and actually burns calories.
Relieves pain
“Laughter is an instant vacation,”
— Milton Berle
Distracts you from setbacks
“Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life,”
— Yogi Berra
Changes your perspective on your problems
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities,”
— Jean Huston
Allows you to tell people your wrinkles are actually laugh lines
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight,”
— Phyllis Diller
Heals the immune system
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects,”
— Arnold Glasow
Laughter is a Universal language and it starts with a smile
“A laugh is a smile that bursts,”
— Mary H. Waldrip
Signed,