You've read it here and many other places before that it's not what happens to you in life, it's how you react to it that really matters and laughter is the best distraction there is from negative emotions like anger, guilt, and frustration.

Our responses to stressful events can be altered by whether we view something as a "threat" or a "challenge" and a little humor and a little less taking ourselves so seriously can lend a more lighthearted perspective and help us view events as mere "challenges", making them less threatening and far more positive.

And laughter connects in an undeniably positive fashion with others. As they say laughter is contagious, so if you bring more laughter into your life, you can most likely help others around you to laugh more, and realize the benefits, too. By elevating the mood of those around you, you can reduce their stress levels and improve the quality of social interaction you experience with them. But we can't all be comedians, so how do we laugh more and cause others to laugh?

To be continued...