Are We Laughy-Laughy?
Here is an interesting statistic: I was watching Joyce Meyer, who is some sort of televangelist (she has that program ‘Life in the Word‘), and she threw out the following statistic. She said that the average child laughed in excess of one hundred times a day. The average adult laughs only four times per day! 
Now, I have never stopped to think about it, but I am sure that kids spend more time laughing than adults do. The adult has to be more serious, because he has more responsibilities. He has bills to pay, kids to raise, food to put on the table… it is very understandable why the adult laughs less than the child, but the gap that Joyce pointed out is astonishing! Its no wonder people are so nostalgic towards their childhood years! Thats when they had all their fun! 
Still, I am sure that I laugh more than four times a day. A lot of the people I know seem to me to do the same… How about you? What do YOU think about that statistic? Does that statistic sound right to you, or do you think that you and yours laugh more than the average too?
Maybe Jamaicans are just different. Maybe we are a happier people than the population that Joyce Meyer studied, even though I’m sure that we do have more hardship in our lives…
I don’t know about you all, but that statistic inspires me to try to laugh more. I know that I laugh more than four times per day, but I still don’t laugh enough! 
I need to change that! You know what? I think I will! I hereby resolve NOT to take life so seriously, to try and find the humour in my life situations, and to try to bring more humour into the lives of those I interact with on a daily basis.
If you all resolve to do the same, maybe we can make the world a happier place! 
You CAN make a difference! What do you say… are you with me?
September 5th, 2003 at 10:12 am Well Mr. Man, I guess i am just a kid at heart!
September 5th, 2003 at 8:01 pm Well Mr. Man….I am NOT with you! And in G. W. Bushy’s terms that means I am AGAINST you! LOL. I really don’t know how many times per day I laugh, but four may seem a bit low actually. I do a fair amount with colleagues and patients at work. Naturally, it varies with circumstances. Anytime I meet up wid a bredren for a few, I am pretty much guranteed to laugh more than usual…especially when I decide to frig round with a man like Mad Bull and vice versa. Yes, I am sure that the average child does laugh much more than an adult because as you rightly said, they have far less to bother them compared to adults. Anyway, right now I’m having a glass of Gato Negro Merlot with my dinner, a little alcohol and some good company does make for healthy laughter. TGIFF!!
September 6th, 2003 at 1:05 pm Mr. Man. I’m with you. Laughter is the best medicine for alot of everyday ills and stresses. That is actually why I think Jamaicans laugh so much. There are so many stresses and if we did not laugh we’d all walk around CRYING OUR EYES OUT. I know as a fact that I laugh many more times than 4 times per day. I enjoy doing it because it gives me a good feeling and it often helps to give others good feelings too!