Laughing, when it's No Laughing Matter

Once again Adrienne Dellwo has a timely fibro article at About.com, this particular article is about the importance of keeping your sense of humor through it all.

And you thought nothing could be harder than fibro. Now we expect you to laugh too? Uhmm, yep, we do. We hope you will laugh.

Laughter is known to have wonderful health benefits, and more than physical health it can help your mental and emotional health as well. Even with illness and pain pounding down our door and moving in, the importance of being able to see humor in life can't be underestimated.

I can't pretend to know what you are experiencing when that overwhelming feeling of fatigue and pain and fog descends, but I know without a doubt that finding something to chuckle about - even if it's yourself - will help to lift the weight of your reality.

Laugh and laugh hard. Look for humor in the hardest moments. Remember that you are human and imperfect and that's OK, laugh at yourself when you can.

Life isn't all comedy, that's for certain, tragedy is definitely part of it. But the way we can get through tragedy is with humor, light-hearted, respectful, brain-clearing humor.

So, although the popular song is "I Hope You Dance"....I would change it a bit.

I hope you laugh. And laugh more. And laugh again. And keep laughing, even when it hurts.

Laugh, even when it's no laughing matter.