The young aspiring to go ahead, trying to climb the fallen ladder of life, need a sense of humour more than anything else for the purpose. John Dryden says, "It is a good thing to laugh, at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness."
Laughter, which bursts from a smile or a sense of humour, is related to personality. It is not only a healthful "exertion" but also a badge of a bright personality. A person with a "long face" becomes a sad spectacle of society.
This is not a mere assumption, nor an abstract philosophy. It is now an established scientific fact. …show more content…
William Fry has described laughter as a "total body experience" in which muscles, nerves, heart, brain and digestion participate. The body is exercised. In mirth, the body relaxes and is soothed. Such is the effect that it is called internal massage.
Laughter is a diversion, a pleasant expenditure of energy released from other activities. It is a momentary lapse from gloom!
A good exercise ventilates the lungs and leaves muscles, nerves and heart warm and relaxed. It exercises not only the upper torso, but also muscle groups in shoulders, arms, abdomen, diaphragm and legs. Hundred laughs a day is equivalent of 10 minutes of jogging.
A healthful "exertion', it is a help to digestion and the practice of positive excitement at dinner table is founded on medical principles. Victor Hugo says, "I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart."
Herbert Spencer was one of the first to stress the massaging effect of laughter. He believed that laughter serves as a wonderful safety valve for coping with an "overflow of nerve force" and for discharging "disagreeable muscular motion." Laughter is essential for restoring physical comfort, biological harmony and internal