Dear Kathy,
You are another great contributor to this list and you provide us all, I
am certain, with much support and positive vibes. Continue on..you are a
job and an inspiration.
God Bless
marty auslander
jerry corrigan wrote:
>
> Thank you, Marty: I'm fully convinced that what you say is true. I think
> that's part of the reason I enjoy this forum so much. People now think I'm
> at excellent joke teller and they marvel at my repertoire! (sp) Thanks,
> Les!! LOL Love, Kathy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Auslander <fitecancer@earthlink.net>
> To: Medical On Line Forum <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
> Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 7:32 AM
> Subject: [MOL] Saturday Chicken Soup for the Soul
>
> >Good Morning Once AGain My Friends,
> >
> >Hope you will enjoy this mornings message. "Laughter and JOy"
> >
> >Barb and I intentionally got up early and made our way to the mall to be
> >with the many throngs of shoppers, the day after Thanksgiving. WE made
> >our lunch, brown bagged and enjoyed the left overs of turkey. We sat at
> >an open cafe for lunch and had our green decaff tea, and just enjoyed
> >the merriement of so many that came to the mall yesterday to shop or
> >visit or walk. It truly was enjoyable for us. So with that pls find the
> >following meaningful for you as it is for us.
> >
> >
> > Laugh!
> >
> > Many years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as
> > "terminally ill." He was given six months to live. His
> > chance for recovery was one in 500.
> > He could see the worry, depression and anger in his
> > life contributed to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease.
> > He wondered, "If illness can be caused by negativity, can
> > wellness be created by positivity?"
> > He decided to make an experiment of himself. Laughter
> > was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented
> > all the funny movies he could find - Keaton, Chaplin,
> > Fields, the Marx Brothers. (This was before VCRs, so he had
> > to rent the actual films.) He read funny stories. He asked
> > his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did
> > something funny.
> > His pain was so great he could not sleep. Laughing for
> > 10 solid minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several
> > hours so he could sleep.
> > He fully recovered from his illness and lived another
> > 20 happy, healthy and productive years. (His journey is
> > detailed in his book, Anatomy of an Illness.) He credits
> > visualization, the love of his family and friends, and
> > laughter for his recovery.
> > Some people think laughter is a waste of time. It is a
> > luxury, they say, a frivolity, something to indulge in only
> > every so often.
> > Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughter is
> > essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our
> > aliveness. If we're not well, laughter helps us get well; if
> > we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.
> > Since Cousins' ground-breaking subjective work,
> > scientific studies have shown that laughter has a curative
> > effect on the body, the mind and the emotions.
> > So, if you like laughter, consider it sound medical
> > advice to indulge in it as often as you can. If you don't
> > like laughter, then take your medicine - laugh anyway.
> > Use whatever makes you laugh - movies, sitcoms, Monty
> > Python, records, books, New Yorker cartoons, jokes, friends.
> > Give yourself permission to laugh - long and loud and
> > out loud - whenever anything strikes you as funny. The
> > people around you may think you're strange, but sooner or
> > later they'll join in even if they don't know what you're
> > laughing about.
> > Some diseases may be contagious, but none is as
> > contagious as the cure. . . laughter.
> >
> >
> >God Bless
> >marty auslander
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