Laughter can be the exact thing you need in times of trouble, pain, hurt, or anxiety. 

There is great encouragement through laughter. Proverbs 17:22 says, “A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.” I believe Laughter is a gift from God. Laughter is a great way to stay encouraged. When we struggle to deal with difficulties stepping away and learning to laugh might be just what we need. During difficult circumstances, there are still opportunities to help us maintain a good sense of humor, and we need to be on the lookout for those moments because they can help us cope with what we have going on. It can be the greatest medicine for what troubles us. 

Laughter is a powerful emotional response and can dispel anxiety and help manage stress, depression, fear, and worry. It can jump-start the healing process as it provides strong psychological, social, and even spiritual benefits. 

Laughter is like an internal exercise. It rejuvenates the respiratory system, helps to provide oxygen, relaxes tense muscles, and is an all-inclusive pain killer. It can lower your blood pressure and your pulse. Laughter leads to a new and exciting outlook on your life and is a cross-culture communication breaking over any barriers of race, language, economic status, and education. When you laugh, you worry less and live more. 

My prayer is that today you look for opportunities to laugh more. 

Here are a few dad jokes to get you going: 

  1. What is the best kind of music to listen to while fishing? – Something catchy. 
  2. How did the pirate get his ship for so cheap?  – It was on sail. 
  3. Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay? Because they would be called bagels.
  4. What comes once a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years? – the letter M
  5. I used to run a dating service for chickens, but I was struggling to make hens meet.
  6. What did the ocean say to the beach?  – Nothing, it just waved.
  7. How does the moon cut his hair? – Eclipse it. 
  8. Singing in the shower is fun until you get soap in your mouth. Then its a soap opera. 
  9. What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? – Supplies!
  10. Why are chickens so funny? Ba-CAUSE! (You have to say the punch line like a chicken clucking. Let me know if you need a demonstration. )

God loves you, and so do I,

Alexander