Laughter

Sometimes, we just need a good laugh. Proverbs 17:22 says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine..." It is hard to be merry without laughing at least a little. 

I admit that there are times when I just do not feel like laughing. But I have found laughing to be helpful, whether I am laughing with my husband, a friend that I have not seen for a while, or even a stranger working the register at the grocery store. 

I have met people who rarely laugh or even smile. There is something about laughing that is therapeutic. Even if circumstances do not change, a good laugh now and then somehow makes things more bearable. When we are down, laughter has a way of picking us up.