My Laughing Selfies!!! Part 2 :)

This post is a sequel to My Laughing Selfies!!! ;)

My parents reminded me of the laughing selfies which I took in Jan 2015 and that motivated me to capture another set :)

To generate laughter, I watched some hilarious comedy scenes on my laptop.

The photos were captured in my room and I didn't switch ON the light cause there was enough brightness in the evening sky and the beautiful sun rays filtered through the window :)

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I encourage you to do the same :) Please capture your laughing selfies and share them with your family, friends, on your blogs or facebook pages or any other social network sites.

Laughter is contagious, so laugh always and spread your joy to everyone around you :)

We are born to be happy and laugh, so make the most of it!!! :) Enjoy life!!! :)

Cheers!! :)

Yay, It's Friday!!! :) Part 3

Continued from Yay, It's Friday!!! :) Part 2

Friday nights are for meeting friends and having a good laugh.

Just back home after a fun evening with friends, laughed so much and would like to share some of those laughs with you!!! :)

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Wish you a wonderful weekend!!! :)

Cheers!! :)

Simply Laugh... :) Part 2

Continued from Simply Laugh... :)

"A laugh is a smile that bursts." - Mary H. Waldrip

Have you ever tried to suppress laughter?

And then one person lets out a little squeak?

You can't hold it in any longer, you burst out laughing aloud along with everybody in the room.

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I think just about everyone has caught themselves laughing if others started laughing. Just as with smiling, it takes an effort not to do so, even if we don't get the joke. The D-smiles of those laughing are contagious to us and our own smile muscles start to twitch. Before long, we burst into laughter ourselves.

Yesterday I've read a book, "The Contagious Power of Thinking - How your thoughts can influence the World" - written by David R. Hamilton.

The author writes, "When I was at school, my English teacher once scolded one of my friends for laughing at the back of the class. His response was priceless: 'I wasn't laughing, I was just smiling loudly.' "

There's a lot of similarity between smiling and laughter. A recent study by researchers at University College London and Imperial College London showed that laughter impacts the areas of the brain that are activated when we smile, which, when you think about it, makes sense. We smile when we laugh. But the key is that it's an automatic thing. It happens regardless of whether we're on a joke we hear or even know what's funny.

When you listen to a sound, mirror neurons get activated and your brain prepares your face to take on the appropriate facial expression and mimic the appropriate sounds. A study reveals that the activation was twice as high for laughter and cheers compared to unpleasant sounds like screaming or retching. Hence the reason, laughter and cheering might be more contagious than negative sounds.

And laughing is good for our health. It can be a bit like internal jogging, as it exercises the abdominal muscles. It's also good for the immune system. And, of course, it makes us feel happy.

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." - Victor Hugo

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctors book" - An Irish proverb

Keep smiling and laughing and enjoy your day.

Cheers!!! :)

Laughing truly is Contagious...

Read an article today written by Andrea Thompson on a new study on brain which shows laughter really is contagious.

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According to a new study, laughter truly is contagious: the brain responds to the sound of laughter and preps the muscles in the face to join in the mirth.

“It seems that it’s absolutely true that ‘laugh and the whole world laughs with you,’” said Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at the University College London. 

“We’ve known for some time that when we are talking to someone, we often mirror their behavior, copying the words they use and mimicking their gestures. Now we’ve shown that the same appears to apply to laughter, too — at least at the level of the brain.”

The contagiousness of positive emotions could be an important social factor, according to Scott. Some scientists think human ancestors may have laughed in groups before they could speak and that laughter may have been a precursor to language.

“We usually encounter positive emotions, such as laughter or cheering, in group situations, whether watching a comedy program with family or a football game with friends,” Scott said. “This response in the brain, automatically priming us to smile or laugh, provides a way or mirroring the behavior of others, something which helps us interact socially. It could play an important role in building strong bonds between individuals in a group.”

Keep laughing, it's good for your health :)

Hope you are all enjoying the bank holiday weekend :)

Cheers!! :)

Yay, It's Friday!!! :) Part 2

Continued from Yay, It's Friday!!! :)

I know it's Thursday evening but I can't help, I've already got into the Friday feeling :)

Sometimes when I look back at my life, I'm surprised how much I've changed over the years. I love myself more now, I accept myself completely and don't wanna change anything about me, I'm perfect with all my wonderful imperfections and hence the reason I enjoy my life the way it is. Take it easy!!! :)

Ok, let's have a laugh now and beware the below jokes have lots of swear words. They are not new to me cause I use the words to crack jokes and laugh out loud in the company of my close friends.

I believe that as long as I am not offending anybody and using swear words in the company of a selected group of friends just for the sake of laughing, I don't see any harm in that.

Well, enough of the blah blah! let's dive into some chuckles and giggles!!! :)

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I'm singing now with guitar strapped round me back, yeah it's a bit late at night but who gives a flying flip?

C'mon life is too important to be taken seriously!!! You gotta take it easy!!!

So, laugh away your worries and say cheers for Friday!!! :)

Cheerio!!!!