Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.
Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
Humor can be one of our best survival tools.
Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.
