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The laughing Buddha is considered a good omen if someone gifts it to you. No one has gifted me one so far but I must admit I have ways to keep myself happy despite challenges that I face every day
Laughing away one’s blues is one way and for this there are laughter clubs that one sees mushrooming everywhere I have not joined any of these but do know how to remain happy.
I spend some time in front of the tv where there is a show that keeps the viewers in splits. I also like to listen to jokes and do have a few here who are experts in narrating jokes.
I get a religious magazine and the first thing I flip for is the page that has jokes.
I am happy. Are you?
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Question of
Has anyone gifted you with a laughing Buddha?
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Yes
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No
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Are you someone who tells jokes?
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Yes
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No
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I come to virily, often just because I truly need a smile. so I am glad you are all here to do that for me.
I prefer to listen than telling jokes
I like to do both. I also get to read them in magazines.
I really believe laughter improves our health.
A smile is contagious but not when someone cries. No one will cry with that person but would rather urge that person to stop crying That is the difference between smiling and crying.
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What has funerals got to do with crying clubs? At laughing clubs they choose to meet and laugh away their blues.
You are right about disasters but in that case instead of shedding tears one should rally round and extend a helping hand. We had a mini tornado here years ago and no one shed tears.
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We have a saying that laughter is half health, dear friend
The way we handle adversities and challenges contributes a lot to maintaining good health
All three, I have a collection of Laughing Buddha. I tell Jokes and I am a member of laughter club. I hope you know what is a laughter club! Hahaha
Good for you That explains why you are always in a good mood (lol)
I agree withe the title but I don’t remember having that smiling Buddha before.
It is supposed to bring good luck if someone gifts it.
I really believe laughter improves our health..
It is one way to keep our troubles and worries at bay
When we laugh we improve our health.
There must be a scientific reason for this
Laughter is similar to exercise in the fresh air and has the same healing effect on the heart.
We normally laugh for a reason but in the laughter club they do it as you said may be as an exercise.
Finding things to laugh and smile about can chase the blues away.
That is called art of living
We all go through emotions, that is life. Being compassionate is the best gesture we all can have in my opinion. That means being with others, sometimes crying with them to help them get through whatever they are going through. And of course laughter is good and healthy for all of us. I do it every day. I also cry often but that is ok too.
Crying with others in my opinion is rarely done but laughter is contagious
I am a happy person, it takes very little to keep me happy.
Such people give out good vibes and it is good to have such people around us.
When it comes to smiling, no one does it better than me. I am a smiling person. A person can insult me but I end up smiling. Sometimes, I don’t know why.
And, am somehow funny and playful. It is what has helped in making my students that to be interested (somehow) during my lessons.
A smile is contagious and so there must be many who will be smiling with you
a smile makes the world a better place
There is that saying ‘Smile the world will smile with you but cry you cry alone’
honestly, i don’t like that saying. I believe that sharing a smile is so important. But when someone cries, we as humans have to be there for them!
You may be with them but you will not cry with them.
really.
sometimes when you are with someone that has had enough of an impact that they cannot move on, you have to be there. In being there you have to help them by absorbing some of their pain. Reaching out to cry with them.
There are no pat answers to problems.
There are laughter clubs but are there any crying clubs????
there are crying clubs. Its called a funeral. Its called post horrible natural event like hurricanes or terrorist and other awful attacks.
Human beings need to laugh.
But unlike the dumb saying, there are times when as a human we have to stop and cry with others.
We are not human if we cannot connect on all emotional levels.