A carefree spirit . . . .

Smile, laugh, howl and enjoy ---

life is a celebration

and you're invited!

A sense of humor is essential for good health and abundant living. There is not one shred of evidence that life is serious. It is something to be savored and treasured, rather than endured. Obstacles come and obstacles go, they are simply there for us to learn and to grow. So look around, funny things are everywhere. The less you laugh, the less you live.

"Laughter is the shock absorber 

that eases the blows of life."

Live, Love, Laugh & Learn

Photo of Marilyn Monroe via Pinterest

Supercoolhappy . . . .

How you feel is more important than anything else. 

And this is something you get to choose, 
moment by moment. 

Supercoolhappy 

works for me!

Happy Monday!

Make it a great week!

Via Notes from The Universe

Happy Friday!

Have a lovely weekend!

Photo by Elizabeth Messina 

So worth it! . . . .

Have a great HILARIOUS Monday!

Photo via Lovely Liv Tyler

Happy Friday!

Wishing you a weekend

 full of laughter!

Photo via Patterson Maker

Progression of a smile . . . .

A smile starts on the lips,

A grin spreads to the eyes,

A chuckle comes from the belly,

But a good laugh bursts forth 
from the soul,

overflows, 
and bubbles all around.

-Carolyn Birminghan

Anne Hathaway photo via Google Images

Bruce Willis photo by Nigel Parry

George Clooney photo via Google Images

Julia Roberts photo via Google Images

Laugh it off . . . .

The alarm has just gone off, and the urge to go back to sleep is insistent. There is nothing funny about waking up for work; you're likely thinking about why you didn't get enough sleep, or who stole all the covers, or how someone's snoring kept you up half the night. What could possibly be funny about this awful hour in the morning? What person in their right mind wakes up laughing, asks your tired, grumpy self. 

• Lying on your back, eyes closed, think back on a ridiculous thing you (or someone you know) did that now makes an outrageously hilarious story.

• Remember a time you laughed really hard. Who were you with? What happened to make you laugh?

See if you can coax a chuckle out of your calamities. Learn to laugh at yourself more often. Lighten up, so laughter can spill forth from your everyday routine.

From the book Five Good Minutes

No prescription needed . . . .

Laughter really is the best medicine. It has been proven that laughing lowers blood pressure, boosts your immune system, and helps you relax, indicating better sleep habits. Some studies even suggest that it may prevent heart disease. CNN recently reported that the positive effects of laughter lasts for up to 45 minutes! Want to burn more calories? Laugh more!  It turns out that 10-15 minutes of laughter can burn 50 calories! It is certainly not reason enough to ditch the treadmill, but every little bit helps, and I can't think of a more fun way to fuel your system. But seriously, who really needs any of these reasons to laugh? It's just downright good for your soul, it feels good, and it's fun!.....(and personally, I secretly believe that a big belly laugh gets rid of all cooties! That's why they call it 'cleansing'..... right?)

I've always thought that a big laugh was a loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth!" 

- Quincy Jones

Photo taken myself


Happy Friday!
May you have a weekend full of laughter!

Let's hear it for "more girlfriend time" . . .

 I received this email from a good friend of mine and thought it was worth sharing.....

 ... I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection--the relationship between stress and disease.  The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends.  At first everyone laughed, but he was serious. 

Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality "girlfriend time" helps us to create more seratonin--a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being.  Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around  activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going.  Jobs? Yes.  Sports? Yes.  Cars? Yes.  Fishing, hunting, golf?  Yes.  But their feelings?--rarely.  Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters, and evidently that is very good for our health.  He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym. 

There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged--not true.  In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!  So every time you hang out to shmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health!  We are indeed very very lucky.   Sooooo let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health.

Photo by James Strack via One League Artists

Bon voyage . . . .

Swimsuit - check.  Flip-flops - check.  Camera - check. I'm packed and ready to go! It is time to take my own advice, enjoy my family, laugh, listen to my heart, find clarity, and live each moment. By this time tomorrow, I'll have my toes in the sand, taking in the sea air, relaxing, and finally getting to those books that I've been meaning to read. I wish you all a wonderful 12 days, and wanted you to know that I will try my best to post some good stuff while I'm gone, but if I miss a day or two ...... just so you know, it means that I didn't wake up from my nap in time, I had one too many cocktails, or I just couldn't get off the beach.  Ciao, for now!

"A vacation is having 
nothing to do, 

and all day to do it."

-Robert Orben


Happy Friday!
Have a lovely weekend!

Enjoy the ride . . . .

Free spirits . . . .

Child-like behavior is such a joy to watch. Children have the ability to spontaneously use their imaginations to forget what's bothering them and be inspired by every pony, feather or bug that crosses their path. You can't help but be inspired by them! We, as adults, can enjoy that free-spirited nature on a different level if we just allow ourselves to do so. Our problems will wait.

"Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart."

-Mencius

No complaints . . . .

"You wanna know what living life to the fullest actually is? It's waking up on a Monday morning with no complaints. It's knowing you always deserve to laugh. It's doing what feels right no matter what. It's doing what you want to no matter how stupid you look. It's about being yourself, because no one can tell you you're doing it wrong."

-Unknown