{"id":146,"date":"2010-01-18T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2020-12-04T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:44:13","slug":"laughter-lifes-great-elixir-by-josh-hinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/2010\/01\/18\/laughter-lifes-great-elixir-by-josh-hinds\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter, Life&#8217;s Great Elixir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Make a point to introduce a little laughter into your day.<\/strong> Much like taking a vitamin, it&#8217;ll do wonders for promoting more joy and happiness in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of just waiting to laugh, be proactive about it &#8212; partake in things that will actually cause you to smile more, or even burst out in laughter. A few ideas might include: watch or listen to a comedy. Think back on a humorous event that makes you smile.<\/p>\n<p><!--more * Read the full article...--><\/p>\n<p>The point is, take a moment to just experience a bit of laughter. It has the power to literally change your current state or outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? The next time you&#8217;re feeling down, see for yourself how impossible it is to stay in a sad state when you&#8217;re experiencing something that truly takes your mind off what&#8217;s bothering you and makes you laugh. It might not be a permanent fix, but often all you need is relief in the current moment.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s worth considering isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your life, LIVE BIG!<br \/>\nJosh Hinds<\/p>\n<p>* Josh is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/getmotivation.com\/successpack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Perfect Timing is a Myth: Tips for Staying Inspired and Motivated Day in and Day out!<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/itsyourlifelivebig.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s Your Life, LIVE BIG!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make a point to introduce a little laughter into your day. Much like taking a vitamin, it&#8217;ll do wonders for promoting more joy and happiness in your life. Instead of just waiting to laugh, be proactive about it &#8212; partake in things that will actually cause you to smile more, or even burst out in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/2010\/01\/18\/laughter-lifes-great-elixir-by-josh-hinds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laughter, Life&#8217;s Great Elixir<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/jhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}