DON'T BE AFRAID TO LAUGH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 15 November 1913, Page 9

DON'T BE AFRAID TO LAUGH.

Laughter is a very desirable medicine ; it takes a man out of himself and gives nature a chance. The brain is so frequently our prime mover in sickness that anything that temporarily disarranges it, as it were, is good for us. Forgetfulness is a great administrative and recuperative genius. He who forgets wins half the battle, whether it be the forgetting of an injury or the dismissal of a trouble or a worry. Time, the sovereign healer of all onr wounds of heart or soul, is but an ally of our brain, and in the combination we have, perhaps, the greatest solution of the secret of life. But in laughter, almost inexplicable as it is. there exist® great healing power. It 'js the forerunner, one might almost call it, of forgetfulness. It is the distractor. It shakes up the creature; it fosters hope, without which our being is almost a blank. Laughter is the best of medicines; get it when you can. Don't be afraid to laugh. It blesses you and -those who hear. It is akin to mercy. The bright side of nature is the happy one; therefore, laugh when you can. Life is at times a tragedy. He is indeed a happy man who can turn the ear of deafness to the sad trend of this world, and with smiling contentment ewihg liis way clear of the irritations and JFrowms of everyday life.