Do you look at people and wonder, when did they last have a ‘Belly Laughter’ 😆 ?

 

When I observe people…

 

• walking on the roads
• walking up the stairs,
• traveling on bikes / cars,
• waiting in the airport or the railway platform,
• exercising in the gym or jogging on the roads,
• at the doctors place,

 

…I get this strong feeling many of them have not had a hearty belly laughter for a long long time.

 

The other day I heard a ‘ 8 year young wonder’ asking her father an amazing question, “When we drink water, the water goes down to the belly. Then, from where do tears come?”

 

While I laughed as I enjoyed her fantastic observation, her father had an irritated look on his face. “Stupid question! Ughh”, he said.

 

As the father walked away, I bent down on my knees, cupped her chin and said, “Your question shows your intelligence. You are a very smart girl.”

 

Poor kid, she was confused by the contradictory response of two ‘adult’ responses.

 

Fortunately a friend called out to her and happily she hopped away.

 

This post is for all our friends who, caught in the race of life, have forgotten to have a hearty belly laughter.

 

To make you have a belly laugh, here is a small sample from my vast collection of instant belly laughter inducing observations.

 

Some of them are borrowed.

 

1. “Why Tarzan never has a beard?”

 

2. “Even when we know the battery is weak, why do we press the remote harder?

 

3. “How is that we put man on moon before we figured out it would be a ‘good idea’ to put wheels on luggage?”

 

4. “Why do people go to a ‘high’ place and from there use the binoculars to look at things on the ground?”

 

5. Who would have been the first person to look at the chicken and say, “I am going to eat the thing that comes out of its bum.”

 

6. “Why are there lights in the fridge and not in the freezer?”

 

7. “Why are vehicles manufactured that can run at speeds more than the maximum permissible limits of that country?”

 

8. “Why do people push the elevator button more than once?”

 

9. “Why are there flotation device under the seats in an aircraft and not a parachute?”

 

10. “Why is it that when you transport something by car, it’s called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it’s called cargo?”

 

11. “Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?”

 

12. “If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?”

 

13. And last of all for this mail, “If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success?”

 

If you have smiled or laughed as you read this post, I consider my efforts of writing this post a success.

 

It will be great to remember, when we do not feel like laughing, we need it the most.

 

Experience tells me it is impossible to be stressed or worried while I am laughing.

 

 

With love, prayers and best wishes,