HAD YOUR DAILY DOSE?

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

Daily Dose

Norman Cousins was diagnosed with a "terminal illness". He had six months to live, with a 1 in 500 chance of recovery. He could see that worry, depression and anger in his life contributed to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease. He wondered, "If illness can be caused by negativity, can wellness be created by positivity?" Well, let's find out. So, he decided to make an experiment of himself. Laughter was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented all the funny movies he could find: Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, the Marx Brothers and rented the films. He read funny stories. He asked his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did something funny. He had so much pain he couldn't sleep. He discovered a 10 minutes dose of laughter relieved his pain for several hours. Amazingly, Cousins didn't only recover, but went on to live another 20 happy, healthy and

DON'T BE CAJOLED

"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told." - Victor Hugo

It's a common thing in this 21st Century, to be "so busy", that we neglect to do certain important things. Sometimes, we wait till we lose these "important things" to realize, we shouldn't have neglected them in the first place. These "important things", could be friendships, family, or even parents. "No man", they say, "is an island".

An elderly man in Oklahoma calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a divorce; 45 years of marriage...and that much misery is enough!" "Dad, what are you talking about?" the son yells. "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old dad explained. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her!". Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She calls her elderly father immediately, and screams at him, "You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, you hear me?" she yelled as she hung up the phone. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay", he says, "it's all set. They're both coming for Christmas and paying their own air-fare."