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TADAH!
Did you know that tadah is one of my favorite words
so when I heard Loretta LaRouche say it in a video,
I knew I was going to like her.
More about
the funniest lady
on the planet a little later....
A few years ago,
I decided that my family and I
did not have enough joy in our lives,
so I went to the library
and took out every book and video
about joy and happiness
and other things that would make us laugh.
The somber lady in the reference department
thought I was crazy, but she helped me find
a ton of things,
that I checked out and dragged home to my family.
One of the artices I discovered
mentioned that you should go outside every single day of your life,
regardless of the weather,
this is especially true for children
(another story).
That statement led me to one of my passions,
which is gardening.
I used to be the fake flower queen of the neighborhood,
my baskets were always so full,
but they never changed all year long,
still blooming in the dead of winter
covered with snow,
and now I actually grow flowers from seed,
but that's another story.
I found some old tapes of Loretta,
and we watched them one after another
until our sides ached.
Trust me this women is hilarious.
She was actually making fun of the things
we all say in our daily lives.
I don't want to ruin it for anyone
that decides to take my advice
and go get anything with her name on it,
and believe me they are not hard to find,
there is plenty of material out there.
google her
Since that time,
I've done extensive research on laughter
and I have written...
a non published book on the subject,
but thats another story.
Did you know that laughter is the best medicine
and that laughter is contagious
and that laughter increases your immune system
and that it does fantastic things to your endorphins
and lowers your stress....
and now doctors are having sick kids
watch funny movies in hospitals
instead of giving them drugs to deal with pain!
I have so much more to say on this subject,
however,
for now,
I will let Loretta tell you herself.
Loretta La Roche is the author of Relax—You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left, How Serious Is This?, Happy Talk and The Joy Journal. She has reached millions of people either in person or in appearances, on CNN, ABC and NBC affiliates, and on her four acclaimed PBS specials. She works with the faculty of the Mind/Body Medical Institute in Boston (affiliated with Harvard Medical School). Loretta LaRoche wouldn’t call herself Rubenesque. “No,” she’s says with a little giggle, “I’m more like an avocado with legs.” She is one huge ball of fun and laughter and being in her presence is nothing less than a vacation from the trials and tribulations of life.
A stress management guru, Loretta uses humor as a coping mechanism. “I know you can’t become funny out of nowhere, so you have to lighten up your attitude. I use humor and laughter to reduce stress because it’s one of the components of Mind/Body Medicine,” she tells me. “When we laugh, our endorphins in-crease making us feel better. A positive attitude, she continues,” is like a mood contagion, so I tell people, go catch a mood, and make it a good one at that! We don’t realize that most of the stress we’re under is self-created. And as she threw her hands in the air, cornering me with her pointer finger, she said, “When you’re in the supermarket and someone’s moving along at their own speed, who is really is creating the frustration? You are! So I say you’re better off, laughing it off — and if you want to live your life awfulizing and catastrophizing that’s your choice.”
She refers to her personal history as Brooklyn with a Hollywoodesque backdrop. “We weren’t wealthy, it was more like the movie “Moonstruck.” We were one big Italian family, looking for love in all the wrong places and hooked on great Sunday feasts. The major problem was my mother. She was more like Joan Crawford’s twin sister than a homemaker and I really suffered. My attitude came out of a necessity to survive. “Humor, Victor Frankel said, is the Soul’s preservation.”
“So let’s face it, now’s the time to step back and look at your own life. Do you have one — or are you pursuing it? I can promise you, when you leave this planet no one will say you did it all — so stop trying and lighten up!”
Loretta’s Eight Steps to “Enlightenment”
1. Lighten Up! Find humor in everyday situations, especially in yourself.
2. Light the Way! Smile at yourself and others. Be fully present.
3. Step Lightly! Twirl, stand on one leg, walk backwards.
4. Delight Yourself! Pleasure yourself through food, nature, art and music.
5. Lighten Your Load! Give up doing Everything.
6. Discover Your Inner Light! Meditate, pray, count your blessings. Find the Bless in the Mess!
7. Speak Lightly! Go beyond Okay, Fine and Not Bad. Yell Whoopee, Whee and TADAH!
8. Become a Beacon of Light! Be a compassionate witness to your behavior and to others. Lead your life with grace, glory, merriment and mirth.
http://www.lorettalaroche.com/
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