Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
There is always something to chuckle about. Sometimes we see it. Sometimes . . . we don’t. Still the world is filled with humor. It is there when we are happy and it is there to cheer us up when we are not.
In every job relationship or life situation there is inevitably some turbulence. Learn to laugh at it. It is part of what you do and who you are
When we can laugh through our tears we are being given a powerful message. Things may be bad but they cannot be all that bad.
Joking about death-or anything else that oppresses us-makes it less frightening.
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.
Today’s business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone’s job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
Humor does not diminish the pain – it makes the space around it get bigger.
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way – you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.
Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.
When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.
Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.
It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.