Questions for the Game of Life

Written by Maureen Killoran


“If you could eliminate one day from your past so that you never had to live through it, what day would you erase?”

“If you could ask a single question of a dead relative, what would it be and of whom would you ask it?”

These questions come from a little book I’ve been reading as a way to beginrepparttar New Year. If. . . Questions forrepparttar 122798 Game of Life by Evelyn McFarlane and James Saywell (Villard, 1995) My partner and I have been playing it, one of us throwing out a question, and then both of us sharing responses.

Some questions are easy and fun: “If you hadrepparttar 122799 chance to make any one purchase that you passed up in your lifetime, what would it be?” (Ah, no contest! The set of antique china we found onrepparttar 122800 Oregon coast some 8 years ago but were too timid to buy.”

Others are a challenge: “If you could chooserepparttar 122801 very last thing you will see before death, what would it be?” (That took some reflection, but, although I’m not a gardener, what I think I’d most want to see is perfect, full-blown rose.)

10 Easy Ways to Feel Happier, Be Healthier and Live Longer

Written by Julie Hunt


Let’s just say… first thing when you popped out of bed this morning, you woke up and found a little yellow post-it note stuck onrepparttar bathroom mirror that could transform your life. You smiled, instantly recognizing this very familiar word.

And onrepparttar 122797 back were instructions on how to incorporate more of it in your life so you’d feel less stress, pain and tension… more carefree, fun and energetic.

Even withoutrepparttar 122798 handy-dandy instructions (you think to yourself)… adding a little more is no big thing. After all, you’ve done it every single day of your life without even thinking about it. It comes as natural to you as blinking. It’s as much fun as a long overdue chat with one of your dearest friends, as cheap as an afternoon daydream, as good for you as a 15 minute workout, yet as vital asrepparttar 122799 air you breathe. You glance again… it says L-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.

Laughter isrepparttar 122800 no cost, no effort, super simple, fabulously fun, overnight solution to happier, healthier, better living. American scientific and medical journals have citedrepparttar 122801 medical and psychological benefits of laughter. This is no laughing matter.

Laughter can heal your pain… reduce your stress… help you sleep like a baby… diffuse tense in difficult situations… boost your immunity… foster creativity… multiply your productivity… extend your life… expand your point of view… bond you to others… increase your charm and charisma… make you feel happier… and help you live inrepparttar 122802 moment.

With so much to gain and absolutely nothing to lose, are you ready to take these 10 tips to heart so you can giggle a little, snicker some, chuckle boisterously, cackle raucously, snort unexpectedly and hoot and holler through happy tears of joy? Wrap yourself in a humorous perspective and laugh your way to a seriously healthy, happy and upbeat life!

Here are 10 easy ways to grab more giggles and exercise your funny bone…

1.Get a Funny Buddy. Unite yourself with a laughing partner, friend, buddy or companion that you always know you can turn to for a laugh. Make a laughing agreement and shake on it, then surround yourself with more funny people. Make an effort to be around these lighthearted folks every chance you get.

2.Lose your wits. Be super silly for 10 seconds and let your brilliant foolish kid out to play.

3.Be a Silly Spectator. Stand back and scope outrepparttar 122803 outlandish, outrageous and crazy hilarity of humans. You will thank merepparttar 122804 next time you are trying to ward off feelings of frustration and boredom in line atrepparttar 122805 DMV, out shopping or inrepparttar 122806 waiting room ofrepparttar 122807 doctor’s office. Take it up a notch and bring your entertainment home with you and imitate their quirks, qualities or peculiarities that made you snicker earlier inrepparttar 122808 day.

4.Make Overrepparttar 122809 Ordinary. Recount your everyday experiences in a fun way and relive them! People laugh atrepparttar 122810 stuff they can relate to. It’srepparttar 122811 ordinary, everyday, run ofrepparttar 122812 mill things we find funny. Some ofrepparttar 122813 best sitcoms and funniest comedians (Seinfeld is a perfect example) create material out ofrepparttar 122814 everyday perils of life. It’s their passion and strong point of view that strikes an emotional cord in us and makes us burst out with laughter. Go for it and liven your stories up with attitudes, opinions, voices and dialects. Be spontaneous and let it fly!

5.Give Your Stories a Pay Off! The best stories have a punchy point, a profound lesson or a great big finish. Start withrepparttar 122815 end in mind. Give your friends a payoff for their attention. When you get close torepparttar 122816 end, stop, take a deep breath and giverepparttar 122817 story a moment of silence. Let ‘em dangle in anticipation before you end with a big bang! Adding more energy, impact and volume will give your story meaning, closure and give yourepparttar 122818 rewards of laughter.

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