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Can a Laugh Generate Positivity?
What makes you laugh?
Do you know how much positivity a laugh can generate? Laughter is a gateway to positivity.
I know there are lots of times that laughing seems challenging at best. Spend enough time on social media and you will be inundated with plenty of things that are not funny. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do things that make us smile.
When you tune in to the doom and gloom, and that is where you place most of your focus, it should come as no surprise that you will most likely find more doom and gloom. Like attracts like, focus on negative and you will unwittingly attract more to you.
Instead, take a moment and step away. Rather than allow yourself to be drawn into the depressing, enraging, and otherwise surreal happenings out there, find calm. From the calm, find something to make yourself laugh.
Cat videos are everywhere online. There are lots of comedians who are funny, and tons of other resources to get you laughing. I just caught a special this weekend that, even after watching twice, was hilariously funny. Haven’t laughed that hard or that much, in years.
I know that, given world affairs, you might feel guilty for finding something to laugh at. But the truth is, staying negative will do nothing to change anything. Positive change requires…
