When you think about joy what comes into your mind first? For me, it’s a smile. Besides joy, humor can bring that same smile on our faces if not a bigger one. Even when it’s serious, humor makes it better.
Can you think about bad situation that cannot be improved with humor? Of course, it needs to be well placed and it shouldn’t offend anyone, so it requires some skill. If we think about it, being able to make somebody laugh it’s a serious skill. That’s why stand-up comedy exists.
Before making other people laugh, we need to be able to make ourselves laugh. That is a skill that would improve our life. Each situation, no matter how bad it is, can be improved with humor (e.g. “You broke your leg? Sh*t! You walk like a pirate!” ). But we need to really pay attention when we use it. We can use it with ourselves all the time, but when it’s about others and their bad situations, we can screw things up really bad and really quick.
Learning to make yourself laugh it’s the cheapest way to have a happy life. I’m sure you have one friend or acquaintance that seems to be happy no matter what. I bet that’s because he or she is able to use humor as a way to get through times. And it’s nothing wrong with it. It doesn’t mean that person doesn’t take things seriously. It just means that he or she is able to see things from a different perspective and deal with it anyways.
If you wander how you can learn that, just stick around people like that. The more you’ll be around them, the more you’ll learn to apply the same perspective to your life. Our own mind might not be strong enough to go against all the negativity that is around us. We need help to deal with it.
How would your life look life if you use more humor?
I strongly agree with you. Humor can change any serious situation in a light situation.
Yes! And it will enable us to be more creative because we wouldn’t be possessed by a particular emotion which pushes towards a certain mindset.
Yes I agree with you. ♥♥
It’s the ultimate coping mechanism for everything from the mundane to situations out of your control. I used A LOT of dark humor when I was deployed to Iraq in 05. Humor has helped me through some shit show situations.
Thank you for reading! How hard was it for you to find the humor in those situations?
Surprisingly, not hard at all. It was the difference between getting through an ordeal or freezing up.
Nice post
Thank you! <3
Welcome
Laughter still remains the best medicine 😂
It is, isn’t it? 😀
Yes. There was a time my tag line on FB was Love Laugh Meditate 😂
It’s a hard call – I try to find humor in damn near everything. I think someone once said that people who were the funniest were the ones who had survived the most pain, or words to that effect. There’s very little I won’t make a crack about – although there are some topics (rape, infanticide, human trafficking; things that are unspeakably evil) I won’t touch.
I think that’s true. It needs some sort of experience so we can find humor in some tough situations…
Humour keeps us happy in private and professional life, well written.
True! Thank you for reading! 😀
We are becoming too Sensitive as a society. It’s almost uncertain when one can or cannot use humor.
True, but does it worth the risk?
For those who can do so effectively, yes.
Yes! How often do you use it?
At least once a day lol
One of the best uses of humor/comedy to address a dire situation for many Americans was Dave Chappelle’s monologue on SNL following the election of President Trump. I use it often to illustrate how comedy can break down tense situations.
Yes, it does! And I think we need to use it more often!