Incorporate Humor into your Life
Sometimes, life can be severe, and how we take it is up to us.
When I was in the hospital about to deliver my firstborn, I was in so much pain when my husband started joking. I was "not having it" and told him to bring my mother in instead. And, he stopped.
In life, we may not always comprehend what is happening. In this case, my husband was trying to lift my spirits; as much as I like to smile, a woman in pain is not the time to laugh.
So, sometimes, people are not in a good place for humor, and that’s okay.
However, there are moments when humor may be a good thing such as a depressed woman confessing how watching comedy shows and reading funny jokes helped her somber outlook. Thus, the following are five ways to incorporate humor into your life.
5 Tips to Incorporate Humor into Your Life
1. List three funny things that happened to you each day.
2. Text or call someone who gets your sense of humor and share funny things that have happened to you recently or in the past.
3. Read a funny book.
4. Send someone a funny greeting card.
5. Make humor a habit.
Did you know that April is National Humor Month?
While writing this article, I learned that April is National Humor Month. This made the piece all the more meaningful, and I hope that we can share some humor during this time.
Have fun!
Some Interesting Jokes
Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Because they make up everything.
Why did the king go to the dentist?
He needed a crown.
Why shouldn’t you use a broken pencil?
Because it’s pointless.
What’s the best way to catch a squirrel?
Act like a nut.
What did one ocean say to the other ocean?
Nothing, they just waved.
Read on to learn about funny things that have happened to me.
-> “They must be married,” I said to my husband after observing a couple at a restaurant. The man never once looked at his wife. Instead, he observed a group of individuals with a half smile as if to engage, and the woman scrolled on her phone.
-> I was excited to meet someone for coffee. The woman shared some intimate, horrifying details of her life, and I didn’t know where to take them, so I went to the bathroom. I looked up and said, “Really, God? Is this what I get? I have had enough of my problems.”
-> My husband and I were eating at a Mexican restaurant when a man across from us looked at my husband and belted, “This menudo is so good; I have to find this woman and marry her.” The man’s son then said, “When you do, I’m moving in.”
Tired of Misery
I was talking to a gentleman my daughter knows who shared how he likes to be in the company of fun, happy people. He communicated being depressed at one point in his life. But I would have never guessed it coming from a guy like him because he seemed outgoing and friendly.
So, I asked him what made him change, and he said,
“I got tired of being miserable.”
Something to think about: What areas of your life are you not happy about? What can you do to change that? Was there an event that made your day? How can you incorporate more humor into your life?
Thanks for reading.
Elvira