tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72845982591529717412024-03-12T16:48:23.747-07:00The Sense of Humormaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284598259152971741.post-63536859363833794522024-01-11T09:35:00.000-08:002024-01-11T09:35:55.428-08:00Here’s What Happens to Your Body When You Laugh - link to article by Charlotte Hilton Andersen <p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 48px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>"Here’s What Happens to Your Body When You Laugh"</b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the link to an excellent article by Charlotte Hilton Andersen you might find interesting and helpful.</span></b></p><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.thehealthy.com/mental-health/happiness/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-laugh-say-doctors/"><b>https://www.thehealthy.com/mental-health/happiness/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-laugh-say-doctors/</b></a></span><b> </b></span></p><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcwVsMY-Wbp6KegaFlq6ux0oHyTN1IrulN4GWwTRrKkHNncwwftA9IoiDgx-zlSXpY0o6CfQY9XvrzhRXZ30cbtYGovNeeQ-7H_yTMSEtYCaA6aijA7ACRAsU4n_KAo_369q3y3qYNNJuw7wJNK_i5eT_HiUhbjYi7Le9imfxRShbvJnkeA2YKpRaypE/s349/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcwVsMY-Wbp6KegaFlq6ux0oHyTN1IrulN4GWwTRrKkHNncwwftA9IoiDgx-zlSXpY0o6CfQY9XvrzhRXZ30cbtYGovNeeQ-7H_yTMSEtYCaA6aijA7ACRAsU4n_KAo_369q3y3qYNNJuw7wJNK_i5eT_HiUhbjYi7Le9imfxRShbvJnkeA2YKpRaypE/w458-h640/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20250.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284598259152971741.post-28026501753618811382023-09-11T18:16:00.004-07:002023-09-18T12:00:43.131-07:00Limited Edition African Wildlife Art - Signed and Numbered<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Note! Folds across images are from a scan of a printed brochure.</span></strong></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> By Artist Philip Lasz</span><br /></p><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH627E9L7xY-Sz7X_q4mcB4lawtvp4zlmqTGtT9A3CkrxuCySXk7w7zTpmww3dzydc3o0auKPwr3NpQdK9ZtlbZt0dxBUQ5MBUBkfm3ajYneaMUYyTtLSzEKMhYki0vWjCuWv2fab5bsIq/s1600-h/Lasz+Phil%27s++B+%26+W+picture.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH627E9L7xY-Sz7X_q4mcB4lawtvp4zlmqTGtT9A3CkrxuCySXk7w7zTpmww3dzydc3o0auKPwr3NpQdK9ZtlbZt0dxBUQ5MBUBkfm3ajYneaMUYyTtLSzEKMhYki0vWjCuWv2fab5bsIq/s320/Lasz+Phil's++B+%26+W+picture.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">It was my distinct honor to know and work with Philip Lasz for several years. Phil was a missionary in Kenya, with an immense talent for capturing African animals on canvas. <span style="color: blue;">Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer</span>, but his love for the animals that God created, lives on in his work. </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Peace Before the Storm</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span></div><p> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Vc40ZbW5yuLddaJUhmnlNpl9VqyrdXnseq1-mV88GiBTTbS9NeAOnhrqu6qliKk9cEeHmF3h6lVf5xiC7Zf3IBuOV3wcG5zSyeBOclwg_shhr_D17I5ydhwsiiXOz9ba5KHYjKNTA9gx/s1600-h/Lasz+Zebra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Vc40ZbW5yuLddaJUhmnlNpl9VqyrdXnseq1-mV88GiBTTbS9NeAOnhrqu6qliKk9cEeHmF3h6lVf5xiC7Zf3IBuOV3wcG5zSyeBOclwg_shhr_D17I5ydhwsiiXOz9ba5KHYjKNTA9gx/s320/Lasz+Zebra.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Elephant Herd on the Move</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span><br /> <br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pwJxgesdUQJ75rSh21BGkK36geiC6T5HQ0KIpLBfu-TgqzPGWKEa8sfsQr3LMSqOHfqt1VsddzrWrELqlywbMwhOInGCxAIadMh__ZWCWP_HRlqyhu4ipU3lwxQgCLKwrymhd7n0jr5U/s1600-h/Lasz+Elephant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pwJxgesdUQJ75rSh21BGkK36geiC6T5HQ0KIpLBfu-TgqzPGWKEa8sfsQr3LMSqOHfqt1VsddzrWrELqlywbMwhOInGCxAIadMh__ZWCWP_HRlqyhu4ipU3lwxQgCLKwrymhd7n0jr5U/s320/Lasz+Elephant.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>His Majesty</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) <br /> </span><br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe27QbEhinlSDzVqc_08Nsj65C553McmpPRp9S8DuAIfNvAgt57iuWa-2UfpXx9wBVb3kk9GnZnNSgXoh8lAMlAaOzAGubosmRya4gjixOzO4OOMscKCxFRbB_I1CHsztAf5VTkAHOmQrN/s1600-h/Lasz+Loin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe27QbEhinlSDzVqc_08Nsj65C553McmpPRp9S8DuAIfNvAgt57iuWa-2UfpXx9wBVb3kk9GnZnNSgXoh8lAMlAaOzAGubosmRya4gjixOzO4OOMscKCxFRbB_I1CHsztAf5VTkAHOmQrN/s320/Lasz+Loin.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Greater Kudu</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span><br /> <br /> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjdUc6tc22hW771o41crh9JUk94SqMmawmPfvtlzKh5OayCKYSx21KtNIxpFH5nprKUqWpsQULNHJXb9yiSDJI1Lw0YzScrap0nP_Etphddzy7bTRJf-Zvbzf5xPVVzasnF-mqakQ_rDI/s1600-h/Lasz+Kudu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjdUc6tc22hW771o41crh9JUk94SqMmawmPfvtlzKh5OayCKYSx21KtNIxpFH5nprKUqWpsQULNHJXb9yiSDJI1Lw0YzScrap0nP_Etphddzy7bTRJf-Zvbzf5xPVVzasnF-mqakQ_rDI/s320/Lasz+Kudu.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Signed & Numbered by the artist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueOaZbHRK5gtk4QWuFF_btcusabi3ZoEIHTBaowXHA6MZfbL285qUWkbefkJu3XuaWvTMo7MtSTS0S9_mWklTTTQy93eJD1vB7ZA6roSQdmfZxD_FT1hB5sxJXKg0YhjkbwtI0VYZUXQD/s1600-h/Lasz+signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueOaZbHRK5gtk4QWuFF_btcusabi3ZoEIHTBaowXHA6MZfbL285qUWkbefkJu3XuaWvTMo7MtSTS0S9_mWklTTTQy93eJD1vB7ZA6roSQdmfZxD_FT1hB5sxJXKg0YhjkbwtI0VYZUXQD/s320/Lasz+signature.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I still have a small supply of his beautiful, Limited Edition, <span style="color: blue;">signed and numbered</span> lithographs are available for $199.95 each. These large (34" × 21") impressive works of art are perfect for the living room, den, or office. <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">We'll pay shipping/handling.</span></strong> <br /> <br />Send your check to: <br /> <br />Max Anderson<br />P.O. Box 4126<br />Rockford, IL 61110</span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284598259152971741.post-65860457088210329342023-06-14T14:03:00.004-07:002023-06-14T14:47:01.277-07:00Sometimes all you can do is laugh<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 26, 30); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>When everything around you seems to be going crazy, sometimes all you can do is laugh. And laughing offers so many emotional and physiological benefits. Learn more with “The Sense Of Humor” </b></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 82, 202); color: #1652ca; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;">Exceptionally well written, organized and presented…MIDWEST REVIEW</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 82, 202); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1652ca; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Humor-Healthier-Happier-Living/dp/1942513976/ref=sr_1_1?crid=384OIG60BO89W&keywords=the+sense+of+humor%2C+anderson&qid=1686776769&sprefix=the+sense+of+humor%2C+anderson%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 82, 202); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Humor-Healthier-Happier-Living/dp/1942513976/ref=sr_1_1?crid=384OIG60BO89W&keywords=the+sense+of+humor%2C+anderson&qid=1686776769&sprefix=the+sense+of+humor%2C+anderson%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 82, 202); background-color: white; color: #1652ca; font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH-NXB9IOt7fuStVs75D5xI55n7eok5apkb5_zUtglIWBH9IMX1u-mgGu9p7dD1ZYryopSrZadac1yYayDiQn5Sx4ZycD77R_C4hvCBsFInZ3G4e0YChxhvyWurj18V4vlEinQfYZVOCOf52bsRUQIfMO1KfiKCNRxv0rpo6ir9AgaUp7OcVMbU3a/s349/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH-NXB9IOt7fuStVs75D5xI55n7eok5apkb5_zUtglIWBH9IMX1u-mgGu9p7dD1ZYryopSrZadac1yYayDiQn5Sx4ZycD77R_C4hvCBsFInZ3G4e0YChxhvyWurj18V4vlEinQfYZVOCOf52bsRUQIfMO1KfiKCNRxv0rpo6ir9AgaUp7OcVMbU3a/w458-h640/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20250.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284598259152971741.post-41897127604621534502023-04-04T10:04:00.000-07:002023-04-04T10:04:05.059-07:00April is National Humor Month<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">April is National Humor Month, and do we ever need it. National Humor Month was conceived as a means to heighten public awareness of the therapeutic value of humor. Laughter and joy – the benchmarks of humor – lead to improved well-being, boosted morale, increased communication skills, and an enriched quality of life.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We can celebrate with a copy of THE SENSE OF HUMOR. It can help you and your family get through these trying times. <a href="https://yourhumorsense.blogspot.com/"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue; font-kerning: none;">https://yourhumorsense.blogspot.com</span></a></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Max Elliot Anderson</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #161a1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-yihglOO19FkQsAfgQxapJAxFD7O8IXY_vJ8Z4pEKsvSzuwPhF3tf63pSAqdpkCyE6XOZtmr2NxAnFo8fDIdTzIYqgO6P3SEL1l0HLN9XXXEpbJTxqD8byJJsKccgd4hGlQ2MMDnQn3WcdKtpibeOv5ZVTO_WxE5dj8SrSt5SN5bcPf8aUWBgx65/s698/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-yihglOO19FkQsAfgQxapJAxFD7O8IXY_vJ8Z4pEKsvSzuwPhF3tf63pSAqdpkCyE6XOZtmr2NxAnFo8fDIdTzIYqgO6P3SEL1l0HLN9XXXEpbJTxqD8byJJsKccgd4hGlQ2MMDnQn3WcdKtpibeOv5ZVTO_WxE5dj8SrSt5SN5bcPf8aUWBgx65/w458-h640/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20500.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284598259152971741.post-26492485374273743172022-04-01T14:08:00.002-07:002022-04-01T15:39:14.183-07:00April Is National Humor Month. "The Sense Of Humor" Excellent for #Wellness and #SelfCare.<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkkDuHMPbo-rSo3ID-Gzcb-VxoMAJ0_kOoN8gmtugeqA7lSUoxIoCHwsYR32hkAxJMjrqLq5atr0i75NHTqdav8Gu7gmIkOIz6ZC_07S7bJHGzdj-zF-hE29CAJkZ6px8p_lw-C9xQIM_A3AOwkOT4siYzqPvWYHnMkxIVlGvOvvUr-_lRUOBflB6/s698/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkkDuHMPbo-rSo3ID-Gzcb-VxoMAJ0_kOoN8gmtugeqA7lSUoxIoCHwsYR32hkAxJMjrqLq5atr0i75NHTqdav8Gu7gmIkOIz6ZC_07S7bJHGzdj-zF-hE29CAJkZ6px8p_lw-C9xQIM_A3AOwkOT4siYzqPvWYHnMkxIVlGvOvvUr-_lRUOBflB6/w458-h640/COVER%20The%20Sense%20Of%20Humor%20500.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Synopsis:</u></b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">During these uncertain times, what people need most is a good laugh. Imagine what would happen if they understood that there is an untapped force, contained within them, that has the power to totally change their lives. And what if they discovered, all they had to do in order to unlock this secret, is simply to start using it?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So it is with humor.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Sense of Humor</i> is designed to demonstrate the <i>sense</i> that humor can make in the life of anyone who is willing to use it.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The basic premise of <i>The Sense of Humor</i> is this: Humor and a sense of humor are unique gifts from God intended for people to enjoy a more positive life, while at the same time, brightening the corner where they are.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In other words, humor will deliver direct benefits to the user. Outside of this primary benefit, humor will touch the lives of everyone around the user in positive ways.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The manuscript for this book is already written. People in the medical field and in education have been interviewed. Research from authorities on the subject of humor and its benefits are cited. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Each person arrives at the same understanding. Including humor in all facets of our lives will improve our lives.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is most dramatic in medicine. We cite scientific studies and their findings to reveal that humor aids in the healing process. And, a personal sense of humor helps combat stress and depression. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Bible tells us in Proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart does good like a medicine.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Health:</b> A scientific study took 20 medical students, and sat them down to watch a 45-minute stand-up comedian on video. Blood samples were taken every two hours over the span of forty-eight hours. The study found a dramatic increase in the activation of white blood cells in the participants’ systems. These are the cells that fight disease. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Researchers also found an increase in MK cells. These are the natural killers that attack cancer cells. Additional physiological benefits were also revealed in the study. The major finding was that these elevations were not simply present at the time that their subjects were laughing, but up to thirty-six hours after a single forty-five minute laughter session.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Education: </b> Educators tell us that laughter encourages learning. Humor leads to an increase in attention span and it can help both the students and the teacher.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Business:</b> In business, one of the primary traits that the human resources department looks for is a healthy sense of humor in job applicants. People without a sense of humor aren’t expected to go far.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Ministry:</b> Humor can be used for more effective ministry. Parents, especially with teenagers, will find this book valuable for this reason alone.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Other books have been written about humor, but nothing exists, to my knowledge, attributing humor as a God-given gift to make life better. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Sense of Humor</i> cuts across social, economic, ethnic, and educational barriers. It has been said that music is a universal language. So, too, laughter. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Beyond research and interview findings, this book contains a second major component. I’ve poured over thousands of jokes and funny stories, selecting only the best that are currently circulating in the popular culture today. These have been arranged and grouped under the major chapter headings of the book. In this way a teacher can easily find humor specifically devoted to education. Medical personnel can locate humor about health and medicine, and so on.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The information found in the pages of <i>The Sense of Humor</i> does not exist anywhere, in total, for the Christian reader.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Even though the book is slanted toward this audience, it has crossover potential because the principles work no matter who you are.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A problem I discovered is that the New Age movement is already incorporating many of humor’s principles, combining humor into their breathing and yoga exercises. Most of the laughter clubs, already established, include New Age components.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But wait a minute. If we believe that humor is a gift, given to us by God, then it is our responsibility to disseminate this truth to Christians. Their lives, those around them, and the population in general will be all the better for it.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Table of Contents:</b> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Sense of Humor chapters include:</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. An Introduction to The Sense of Humor</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Is Laughter Really the Best Medicine?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Funny Families</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. You Are What Makes You Laugh</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">5. The Lighter Side of Teaching and Learning</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6. Humor in the Workplace</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">7. Humor and Relationships</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">8. Humor as a Tool of Ministry</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Humor International</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Humor That is no Laughing Matter</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">11. How to Make ‘em Laugh</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">12. Health Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">13. Family Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">14. Education Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">15. Work Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">16. Relationships Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">17. Ministry Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">18. Miscellaneous Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">19. Vintage Humor Material</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">The second part of </span><i>The Sense of Humor</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;"> contains jokes and humorous stories gleaned from years of sifting through over 10,000 jokes. These have been distilled to some of the best humor currently available, and arranged by subject matter according to the major chapter headings.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">Chapter Summaries: </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Sense of Humor</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here the discovery of humor begins. The use of humor is tracked from Asia, through Europe, Scandinavia, and to the United States. The premise of humor as a special gift from God is stated and the word <i>laughology</i> is coined. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Experts are quoted and some of their findings presented. An interview with a general practitioner physician, and a dentist, set up the overall health benefits found in the use of humor.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A five-year study from UCLA is explored as well as another from Connecticut State University.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then the reader’s appetite is whetted for what remains to be discovered within the following pages.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 2. Is laughter Really The Best medicine?</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here we find perhaps the most startling information. Humor and laughter can actually help speed up the healing process. The Film, “Patch Adams” alerted the general population to the health benefits found through humor.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dr. Steve Allen Jr. (son of the famous comedian) suggests that medical personnel should practice silliness, which he describes as follows:</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The word “silly” comes from the word “selig” – middle English and German – it means four things:</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Blessed</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Prosperous</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Healthy</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and Happy</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He concludes by saying, “We want ourselves, our colleagues, and our families to feel those same things.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Humor is the best way to fight against stress and depression. We may not have control over what happens to us but we <i>can</i> control our reactions. It is in this area where a healthy sense of humor is most useful.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 85% of all human illnesses are curable by the body’s own healing system. Recent data suggests that the more positive input we can include in our lives, the more we are supporting our body’s ability to tap into its natural healing process.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My interview with a dentist brings out some of the most fascinating information in this chapter as he profiles some of the typical patients he sees and how he can rate their sense of humor. He has learned that this will have a direct bearing on the care he can give.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Additional extensive medical findings are discussed in the chapter as well.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 3. Funny Families</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">This chapter is devoted to the benefits of humor within the family. I talk much in this chapter from personal experience. Both growing up in a family of seven children, and later, raising my own son and daughter to adulthood.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The chapter is also instructive as it suggests ways to deal with a headstrong younger child or the unique problems that arise while living in the same house with teenagers.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But no matter what problems a parent might encounter, laughter is not only a common denominator amongst all people, it can be used to defuse some particularly difficult situations within the family.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Information in this chapter is also instructional and how-to. It may provide real hope to struggling parents.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 4. You are What Makes You Laugh</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">This chapter explores the various forms of humor including slapstick, deadpan, verbal comedy, screwball, dark, parody, and spoofing.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What we laugh at tells us a great deal about ourselves. Again, I bring in personal experiences while also citing the opinions of experts on this subject.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some of our appreciation of, and participation in, laughter are both cultural and regional. However, television, radio, and films have helped to make much of the humor in our country, universal.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ethnic humor is tastefully discussed along with the practical joke.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Understanding why we laugh and what we laugh at leads to a better understanding of who we are. In some cases this understanding will lead to changes in how we relate to the people around us.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 5. Education - The Lighter Side of Teaching and Learning </span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">I found in my interviews that humor is often absent from most students’ educational experiences.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the same time, when used in teaching, humor promotes better retention, better understanding, along with more attentiveness and alertness.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Teachers who are not yet using humor with their own students will discover how to become better teachers, while making the classroom experience more enjoyable. They will also be promoting increased learning and retention of information.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 6. Humor in the Workplace</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">A national employment agency found that more than 90% of executives from some of the largest corporations in the United States responded, having a sense of humor is a key ingredient in career advancement. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Real world examples are explored to show how humor is already being used successfully in the workplace.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The chapter is also instructive in showing people how to properly inject humor into the places where they work.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Studies among workers show that:</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 55% report humor and fun reduce stress at work</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 34% find humor increases job satisfaction</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 28% notice humor stimulates creativity and innovation</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 24% cite that humor strengthens employee loyalty</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 22% see improvement in customer service</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 16% say humor increases productivity</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Additionally, humor at work will reduce conflicts and tension, promote teamwork, and prevent burnout.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 7. Humor in Relationships</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">Victor Borge, the great pianist and comedian, is credited with the phrase, “Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This chapter further explores relationship in the context of family and friends.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A sense of humor is one of the foremost qualities that people identify as attractive in others and equally important in their relationships.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The issue of lifetime compatibility can be confirmed or rejected by the mutual enjoyment of humor during the dating and courtship period.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A fiancée who is abusive or cutting in his or her humor will not likely alter that behavior toward their mate in the future.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Understanding humor in relationships, while selecting a mate, will help people avoid a life of pain in marriage, friendships, and families.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 8. Humor as a Tool of Ministry</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">While it is true that there isn’t one joke in the Bible, Jesus did use wit and satire.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This chapter goes inside a local church where humor is used effectively from the pulpit. We dig deeper by illustrating how a typical Sunday school class incorporates humor. In this particular case, other classes have begun looking for ways that they, too, might model this positive pattern of learning and sharing. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The name Isaac, born to the aged Abraham and Sarah, is Hebrew for “laughter.” Even in this example we believe God demonstrates a sense of humor as these two people contemplate becoming parents at such an advanced age.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And what else could scripture mean when it says in proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine,” if not a direct reference to humor?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A pastor notes, “Humor is disarming. It makes us deal with issues we wouldn’t face otherwise. Humor is more than a joke at the end of a sermon. A lot of the Bible is narrative, and lots of the narrative is funny.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A youth pastor tells us, “The way to a youth’s heart is through his funny bone.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 9. International Humor</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">Earlier we mentioned how, even within the United States, humor varies culturally and regionally. This chapter looks at the vast differences of humor in other countries. Though laughter may be a universal language, the appreciation of humor varies from country to country.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Examples are cited from Russia, Czechoslovakia, China, Sweden, and Japan.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 10. Humor That is no Laughing Matter</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">Humor can have a dark side and people can be hurt by the mean-spirited use of humor.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If humor is a gift from God, then it stands to reason that a dirty joke or foul humor is the antithesis of what He had in mind.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Humor can also be used negatively to cut another person down using sarcasm.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ethnic humor, when used to denigrate a people, should be avoided as well.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chapter 11. Make ‘em Laugh</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Readers will be encouraged to explore their funny side. Along with this, specific instructions will help people develop a more comfortable feeling concerning their ability to tell a joke and relate humorous stories with confidence.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Second Section of The Sense of Humor</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Over 200 pages of humor, jokes, and funny stories comprise the second part of <i>The Sense of Humor</i>. These are divided into the major subject headings related to most of the chapter material. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Humor related to medicine and health is separated into that category so people in the field of healthcare can easily find humor that pertains to medicine.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The same is true for educational humor, ministry humor, and so on.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-large;">All remaining humor material, that doesn’t fit a specific chapter heading, is located in a miscellaneous section. 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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Is Laughter Really the Best Medicine?</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Funny Families</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">You Are What Makes You Laugh</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Lighter Side of Teaching and Learning</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Humor in the Workplace</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Humor and Relationships</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Humor as a Tool of Ministry</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Humor International</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Humor That is no Laughing Matter</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">How to Make ‘em Laugh</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Health Humor Material</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Family Humor Material</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Education Humor Material</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Work Humor Material</span></span></li>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At times like these, it’s important to keep your sense of humor. What more can we do just now? <b>“The Sense Of Humor, Let Humor Fast Track You to Healthier Happier Living”</b> may provide some of the answers you’re looking for during the current confusion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">No doubt these are trying times. Many feel real fear and dread about what’s going to happen next. At the same time, <b><span style="color: red;">April is National Humor Month</span></b> and the timing couldn’t possibly be better for the book, <b><u>The Sense of Humor</u></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sure, I may have written this book, but I also know the principles it contains may be exactly what you and your family need right now to encourage you, uplift your spirit, and give you hope.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Audience</b>: 8 – 12; especially boys</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peyton Aldrich has just moved to a new army base with his parents and younger sister. He doesn’t understand why his father has been sent to such a rundown place in the middle of nowhere. After all, his father was a colonel, with top security clearance, who completed the elite Ranger school. And his training had been in Army Intelligence. Yet, here they were.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peyton idolized his father. One day, he hoped to grow up to be just like him. His father had told him that the army may not be for everyone, but after what happened on 9/11, somebody had to help keep the country safe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peyton finds two friends. Gill is the son of the base’s motor pool sergeant, and Dave’s father is the base chaplain. Together they decide to train like Rangers, and search for some kind of mission they could do. Little did they know that a mission was about to put the boys right in the crosshairs of a dangerous terrorist plot, when a secret weapon would be delivered to the base on its way across the country.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There was no way Peyton could tell his father what he knew. After all, it could cost him his job. Peyton, Gill, and Dave have to take matters into their own hands, and they do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Will the terrorists find out who is trying to expose their evil plan? Will the boys be able to stop them? And what will happen to Peyton’s father when the general finds out what the boys did?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">As a 6th grade teacher</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">,</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: medium;"> I am always on the look out for good books for my boys who are reluctant readers. They went nuts over this one. Exciting, quick-paced, with good lessons - Anderson has written a book that middle school boys will gobble up in a night or two! What's even better is he's written even more books, and now my boys are seeking them out. Parents and teachers, if you have a boy who doesn't enjoy reading, try this book out on him. It might ignite a new passion for the written word!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> I thoroughly enjoyed this book</b> - and all of Mr. Anderson's books, as has my son. Thanks to Mr. Anderson, my son went from being a very reluctant reader, but when he read the first book he was hooked, and has read every one of his books to date. He still reads Mr. Anderson's books, even though he's now in college. (He also reads Ted Dekker, so that says something about the excitement level of these books!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are looking for a book for your reluctant reader then WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT or any of Mr. Anderson's books will be excellent to pick up. Highly recommended.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Notice, my article, “Are Shorter Books Better for Kids?” in the upper right of Story Monsters Magazine's August edition, is listed just above James Patterson.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">This could be the best Father’s Day gift ever for the man who <u>has</u> a sense of humor or the man who <u>needs</u> one : )) <b><i>“The Sense of Humor, Let Humor Fast Track You to Healthier, Happier Living”</i> </b>This book changes everything. Get him a copy and see what happens!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">During these uncertain times, what people need most is a good laugh. Imagine what would happen if they understood that there is an untapped force, contained within them, that has the power to totally change their lives. And what if they discovered, all they had to do in order to unlock this secret, is simply to start using it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Sense of Humor</i> is designed to demonstrate the <i>sense</i> that humor can make in the life of anyone who is willing to use it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The basic premise of <i>The Sense of Humor</i> is this: Humor and a sense of humor are unique gifts from God intended for people to enjoy a more positive life, while at the same time, brightening the corner where they are.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In other words, humor will deliver direct benefits to the user. Outside of this primary benefit, humor will touch the lives of everyone around the user in positive ways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The manuscript for this book is already written. People in the medical field and in education have been interviewed. Research from authorities on the subject of humor and its benefits are cited. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each person arrives at the same understanding. Including humor in all facets of our lives will improve our lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is most dramatic in medicine. We cite scientific studies and their findings to reveal that humor aids in the healing process. And, a personal sense of humor helps combat stress and depression. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible tells us in Proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart does good like a medicine.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;"><b>Health:</b> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> A scientific study took 20 medical students, and sat them down to watch a 45-minute stand-up comedian on video. Blood samples were taken every two hours over the span of forty-eight hours. The study found a dramatic increase in the activation of white blood cells in the participants’ systems. These are the cells that fight disease. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Researchers also found an increase in MK cells. These are the natural killers that attack cancer cells. Additional physiological benefits were also revealed in the study. The major finding was that these elevations were not simply present at the time that their subjects were laughing, but up to thirty-six hours after a single forty-five minute laughter session.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other books have been written about humor, but nothing exists, to my knowledge, attributing humor as a God-given gift to make life better. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Sense of Humor</i> cuts across social, economic, ethnic, and educational barriers. It has been said that music is a universal language. So, too, laughter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beyond research and interview findings, this book contains a second major component. I’ve poured over thousands of jokes and funny stories, selecting only the best that are currently circulating in the popular culture today. These have been arranged and grouped under the major chapter headings of the book. In this way a teacher can easily find humor specifically devoted to education. Medical personnel can locate humor about health and medicine, and so on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A problem I discovered is that the New Age movement is already incorporating many of humor’s principles, combining humor into their breathing and yoga exercises. Most of the laughter clubs, already established, include New Age components.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">But wait a minute.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> If we believe that humor is a gift, given to us by God, then it is our responsibility to disseminate this truth to Christians. Their lives, those around them, and the population in general will be all the better for it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Is Laughter Really the Best Medicine?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Funny Families</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. You Are What Makes You Laugh</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. The Lighter Side of Teaching and Learning</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Humor in the Workplace</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Humor and Relationships</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Humor International</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Humor That is no Laughing Matter</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second part of <i>The Sense of Humor</i> contains jokes and humorous stories gleaned from years of sifting through over 10,000 jokes. These have been distilled to some of the best humor currently available, and arranged by subject matter according to the major chapter headings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Sense of Humor</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here the discovery of humor begins. The use of humor is tracked from Asia, through Europe, Scandinavia, and to the United States. The premise of humor as a special gift from God is stated and the word <i>laughology</i> is coined. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Experts are quoted and some of their findings presented. An interview with a general practitioner physician, and a dentist, set up the overall health benefits found in the use of humor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then the reader’s appetite is whetted for what remains to be discovered within the following pages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chapter 2. Is laughter Really The Best medicine?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we find perhaps the most startling information. Humor and laughter can actually help speed up the healing process. The Film, “Patch Adams” alerted the general population to the health benefits found through humor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The word “silly” comes from the word “selig” – middle English and German – it means four things:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Humor is the best way to fight against stress and depression. We may not have control over what happens to us but we <i>can</i> control our reactions. It is in this area where a healthy sense of humor is most useful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 85% of all human illnesses are curable by the body’s own healing system. Recent data suggests that the more positive input we can include in our lives, the more we are supporting our body’s ability to tap into its natural healing process.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">My interview with a dentist brings out some of the most fascinating information in this chapter as he profiles some of the typical patients he sees and how he can rate their sense of humor. He has learned that this will have a direct bearing on the care he can give.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This chapter is devoted to the benefits of humor within the family. I talk much in this chapter from personal experience. Both growing up in a family of seven children, and later, raising my own son and daughter to adulthood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">But no matter what problems a parent might encounter, laughter is not only a common denominator amongst all people, it can be used to defuse some particularly difficult situations within the family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">What we laugh at tells us a great deal about ourselves. Again, I bring in personal experiences while also citing the opinions of experts on this subject.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of our appreciation of, and participation in, laughter are both cultural and regional. However, television, radio, and films have helped to make much of the humor in our country, universal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Understanding why we laugh and what we laugh at leads to a better understanding of who we are. In some cases this understanding will lead to changes in how we relate to the people around us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found in my interviews that humor is often absent from most students’ educational experiences.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the same time, when used in teaching, humor promotes better retention, better understanding, along with more attentiveness and alertness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teachers who are not yet using humor with their own students will discover how to become better teachers, while making the classroom experience more enjoyable. They will also be promoting increased learning and retention of information.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chapter 6. Humor in the Workplace</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A national employment agency found that more than 90% of executives from some of the largest corporations in the United States responded, having a sense of humor is a key ingredient in career advancement. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Real world examples are explored to show how humor is already being used successfully in the workplace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>55% report humor and fun reduce stress at work</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Additionally, humor at work will reduce conflicts and tension, promote teamwork, and prevent burnout.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Victor Borge, the great pianist and comedian, is credited with the phrase, “Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A sense of humor is one of the foremost qualities that people identify as attractive in others and equally important in their relationships.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The issue of lifetime compatibility can be confirmed or rejected by the mutual enjoyment of humor during the dating and courtship period.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fiancée who is abusive or cutting in his or her humor will not likely alter that behavior toward their mate in the future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Understanding humor in relationships, while selecting a mate, will help people avoid a life of pain in marriage, friendships, and families.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">While it is true that there isn’t one joke in the Bible, Jesus did use wit and satire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This chapter goes inside a local church where humor is used effectively from the pulpit. We dig deeper by illustrating how a typical Sunday school class incorporates humor. In this particular case, other classes have begun looking for ways that they, too, might model this positive pattern of learning and sharing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The name Isaac, born to the aged Abraham and Sarah, is Hebrew for “laughter.” Even in this example we believe God demonstrates a sense of humor as these two people contemplate becoming parents at such an advanced age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">And what else could scripture mean when it says in proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine,” if not a direct reference to humor?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A pastor notes, “Humor is disarming. It makes us deal with issues we wouldn’t face otherwise. Humor is more than a joke at the end of a sermon. A lot of the Bible is narrative, and lots of the narrative is funny.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A youth pastor tells us, “The way to a youth’s heart is through his funny bone.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the passing of former president George H. W. Bush, I wanted to revisit something that happened in </span><span style="font-size: large;">late 2013 when I entered a letter writing contest about the importance of reading in America. I had grown up hating to read, now write adventures and mysteries for readers 8 - 13, and my letter was about that process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two letters were chosen from each state, and mine was one of those honored in Illinois. The prize was a signed copy of President Bush's book and a pair of "crazy" socks - he was famous for those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I found his signature to be the most special. That's because the president had been in failing health. You see, my dad had Parkinson's, and toward the end of his life, it became very difficult for him to sign his books. Still he did the best he could.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced the winners in a national letter writing contest, highlighting the beneficial connection between reading and writing abilities. Two letters from each state were selected. Max Elliot Anderson, of Rockford, Illinois, is one of the winners for the State of Illinois.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "Devotedly, Dad" contest was open to America's dads and granddads to encourage a love of literacy in their own families. Winners received a copy of <i>All the Best, My Life in Letters and Other Writings</i>, personally signed by President George H.W. Bush, plus a pair of his favorite and fun First Family socks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"The art of letter writing certainly hasn't been lost on my dad. For decades, he has been a prolific writer, penning notes, letters and emails to his colleagues, friends and family," </i>said Jeb Bush, Foundation co-chair.<i> "Of course, the personal letters written to my brothers, sister and me happen to be my favorite…always signed…Devotedly, Dad"</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Max Elliot Anderson is the author of action-adventures and mysteries for readers 8 – 12. He grew up hating to read and now writes the kinds of books he would have enjoyed as a boy. <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Max-Elliot-Anderson/e/B002BLP3EE" target="_blank" title="http://www.amazon.com/Max-Elliot-Anderson/e/B002BLP3EE">http://www.amazon.com/Max-Elliot-Anderson/e/B002BLP3EE</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy was established in 1989 by former First Lady Barbara Bush. The Foundation supports the growth of family literacy programs across the country, having invested more than $50 million across all 50 states. As a public charity committed to 100% literacy, the Foundation fulfills its mission through support of programs that allow parents and children to learn together. For more information about family literacy visit the Foundation's web site at </span><a href="http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: xx-small;">www.barbarabushfoundation.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Received this distinct honor recently. I've been included in several of the Marquis Who's Who volumes including Who's Who in America.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Sense of Humor is now listed as a resource at the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.aath.org/humor-resources---humor-skills--development">http://www.aath.org/humor-resources---humor-skills--development</a></span></span></span></div>
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<b><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">The Sense Of Humor<br />Max Elliot Anderson<br />Elk Lake Publishing<br />http://www.elklakepublishing.com<br />9781942513971, PB, 332pp, www.amazon.com<br /><br />Synopsis: During these uncertain times, what people need most is a good laugh. Imagine what would happen if you understood there is an untapped force, contained within you, that has the power to totally change your life. And what if you discovered all you had to do in order to unlock this secret is simply to start using it? So it is with humor. "The Sense Of Humor: Let Humor Fast Track You to Healthier, Happier Living" is designed by Max Elliot Anderson (who has spent most of his life in the production of documentary and dramatic films, client videos, and television commercials) to demonstrate the sense that humor can make in the life of anyone who is willing to use it. Humor will deliver direct health benefits to the user. Outside of this primary benefit, humor will touch the lives of everyone around the user in positive ways for relationships, families, education, at work, in ministries, and so much more. "The Sense of Humor" cuts across social, economic, ethnic, and educational barriers. Music had been said to be a universal language. So, too, is laughter!<br /><br />Critique: Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, ""The Sense Of Humor: Let Humor Fast Track You to Healthier, Happier Living" is one of those life-changing reads that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf. Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, content and commentary, "The Sense Of Humor" is very highly recommended for community library Self-Help/Self-Improvement collections. For personal reading lists it should be noted that "The Sense Of Humor" is also available in a Kindle edition.</span></b></b><br />
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