tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57691991264976929312024-02-06T19:06:50.565-08:00Teresa's LaughTeresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.comBlogger314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-81067082939676736032015-09-22T11:06:00.003-07:002015-09-22T11:08:38.117-07:00The Centipede Laugh!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The opposite of laughing isn’t crying – it’s depression –
when all emotions are blocked.<span>
</span>Both laughing and crying are cathartic releases.<span> </span>Both are healthy.<span> </span>Emotions are flowing.<span> </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-42806836354841125902014-10-22T11:00:00.004-07:002014-10-22T11:00:24.214-07:00Precious Laughter
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> “What is this precious laughter budding in our hearts?<span> </span>It is the glorious sound of the soul
waking up.”<span> </span>Hafiz</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From <u>Eat Pray Love</u> by Elizabeth Gilbert</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...from the Balinese Medicine Man: “He tells me
there are many ways to God but most are too complicated for Westerners, so he
will teach me an easy meditation.
Which goes, essentially, like this: sit in silence and smile. I love it. He’s
laughing even as he’s teaching it to me.
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“You study Yoga in India, Liss?” He asks.</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“Yes, Ketut.”</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“You can do Yoga”, he says, “but Yoga too hard”. Here he contorts himself in a cramped
lotus position and squinches up his face in a comical and constipated-looking
effort. Then he breaks free and
laughs, asking, “Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you
scare away good energy. To
meditate, only you must smile. Smile
with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away
dirty energy. Even smile in your
liver. Practice tonight… Not to hurry, not to try too hard. Too serious, make you sick. You can call in the good energy with a
smile….”</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-3729687105651759082014-06-05T13:33:00.003-07:002014-06-05T13:33:34.590-07:00Clown Around More
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energy in 'clowning around'. They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our
monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like
children, our concerns might not be so monumental." </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to laugh today - no matter what!</span></span></span></i></div>
Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-19150045167335832642014-03-14T12:08:00.001-07:002014-03-14T12:08:06.961-07:00Humor on the side<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Try getting angry at someone in a Boston accent. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i> It just doesn't work as the other person can't help but smirk and smile and eventually we're all laughing. </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>When I get agitated or excited or tired my accent slips through, unnoticed by my usual filters that have been built up over many years, in an effort to speak "correctly". But the slip-up can be useful humor relief when it's needed the most - in times of stress.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Remember to laugh when you get over stressed. It's better for your body, for your challenges, for your healing.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Photo: Stock.xchnge</i></span>Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-18322549996394972872014-03-08T08:54:00.004-08:002014-03-08T08:54:56.627-08:00Women in LY
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Women Power in Laughter Clubs!!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the occasion of Women's Day, I would like to express my
thanks and gratitude to all the women of the world who contribute to love
laughter and peace in this world.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr Kataria</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Havin' a blast bringing laughter to The Hub at Bayview Retirement!</i></span></div>
Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-40878949786496281142014-02-15T13:24:00.003-08:002014-02-15T13:24:32.381-08:00Sid Caesar
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<span class="userContent"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Smiling is the 2nd best thing you can do with your lips.” Happy Valentine's Day everyone!</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>As I’m doing my morning exercises, something triggers the
memory of a friend recently coming to visit on his birthday, piece of cake in hand, plopping himself down at my kitchen table, requesting a candle and
a match, plopping them into his celebratory slice of cake and demanding that I
sing “Happy Birthday” to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Retrieving memories, that kept me howling then, are keeping me howling now.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Her joy-filled laughter crackles through the stale air of the credit union. Bringing the place to life. Shining as she does. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>My bank teller today is one bright spirit and she makes the whole place shine with the light of her laughter. I tell her she has the best laugh. She tells me, what unfortunately I've heard too many times before, "Oh but it's gotten me into trouble". Why is laughter considered so unprofessional? I tell her, "Don't ever let anyone stifle your laughter - it's beautiful".</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>More bank tellers need to laugh. It would make the world that much brighter.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>I leave with a huge smile and a brighter spirit.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Photo: Stock.xchnge</i></span>Teresa Verdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04947618428831943095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769199126497692931.post-50909510416412554552014-01-10T15:16:00.004-08:002014-01-10T15:17:17.850-08:00Dolphins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>I noticed not long ago that I was having trouble remembering
things – details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signs of
aging?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I refused to accept
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>I thought for a moment, “What can I do to wake up my
brain?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer came
immediately as I lecture about it all the time – laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laughter wakes up the brain – by
bringing more oxygen to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Studies show that Alzheimer’s patients have low levels of
oxygen in their brains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
completely congruent with our findings about laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bring more oxygen to our brains when
we laugh, making our brains more alert, more clear and higher functioning. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Confession:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had been experimenting with simply smiling in the morning in place of my
morning laughter ritual (2 minutes of hearty laughter every morning in the
mirror).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smiling is so peaceful I
wanted to experience that for awhile as the beginning to my day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But after I reinstated my morning
laughter ritual, the result was that my memory improved again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Photo: Stock.xchnge </i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>The “People’s Pope”, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, and a pope not afraid to have a little fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How cool is that!</i></span></div>
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</span>all they<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>need is a little
encouragement!</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Nelson Mandela - So many things to say about this man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will simply comment on his smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twenty-seven years in prison and yet
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