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Daily Question, January 3

When was the last time I made someone smile widely, or laugh hard?

  • Nina

    Yesterday, and every day with my grandson. I love to hear him laugh and see his smile. His entire being is happy.

  • Katrina

    For Christmas I gave each person in my family a roll of toilet paper made from recycled paper. The name of the company that produces it is “Who Gives a Crap”. That in and of itself made everyone laugh. Then I told my teenaged grandson he had just gotten recycled toilet paper for Christmas from his Gammers. He said, “EWWWEE.” We all burst out laughing.

  • reality

    I do it contiually, I’m a funny guy; for e.g., how many police officers does it take to screw in a lightbulb, Mayor Dinkins says “there aren’t enough we have to hire more”. Have a good day 🙂 reality.

  • Malag

    I don’t recall what I said but I made my daughter smile and me smile also and then it snowballed and we couldn’t control a fit of giggles. Great therapy!

  • oriana santarelli

    Im currently in my psych rotation and met a boy with schizophrenia. He reminded me of a little brother. We took him and the other patients to barnes and noble for our day trip. Although, he didnt gain enough points to go out we still brought him and walked closely with him. I got him cheesecake at starbucks and in return he gave me a big smile.

  • Aman Sahnan

    I’ve been in a hospital the past month because I can’t walk. So when I’m wheeling around the hospital on my wheelchair, I just smile at mostly everyone I pass by. And it’s wonderful because most, if not all people smile back. I do this because I love it when I make eye contact with stranger, I feel so happy. Just a smile can make a lot of a difference in people’s days.

    • reality

      Hope you recover all the way soon enough. Yes, beyond, “let a smile be your ambassador”, for, it’s a blessing to share a smile. Have as good a day as you can 🙂 reality

    • Samuel

      Aman, you remind me of something my late wife used to say often.
      “When you meet someone who has no smile, just give them one of yours to keep…”
      She always had a big beautiful “trademark” smile on her pretty face. For everyone she met…
      sb

    • oriana santarelli

      Hi, Aman ! I hope you recover. I was once in a wheel chair for a month in the hospital as well. Keep up your positivity and never give up.

  • Samuel

    1/1/2020 when I shared New Years Day lunch with a number of friends and family at a family member’s home in Bryson City, WNC. It was a very happy and loving gathering of kindred souls…
    sb

  • Bonnie Oster

    I’m a caregiver for a client who lives in a Memory Care Unit. He is a lovely, gentle man with Dementia. I’m with him for 3 hours a day, but during these hours we reminisce, talk and laugh. Before I leave he tells me that I have brightened his day. My gift to him is laughter; his gift to me is his smile!

  • Maria

    Has anyone got ideas for how to develop or bring more laughter to our lives? Thanks!

    • Serafina

      This Brother David video makes me laugh every time I watch it! https://gratefulness.org/the-joy-of-imperfection/

  • FLEBP

    If I can make my husband and my son laugh daily, I know I have won! I love those belly laughs that just keep going on and on. I would say a couple days ago I gave my husband a good laugh, when doing a comparison of people! For my son, tickling him by his neck area, and doing funny voices always works!

  • Debra

    New Year’s Day. I have often been told I have an infectious laugh and bright smile. Laughter certainly comes very naturally to me and I can get a roomful of people in ‘stitches’ fairly quickly. It’s Spirit’s gift to me and my gift back is the joy of broadly returned smiles and the sound of each person’s unique laugh.

  • Tom Denham

    Last night I walked into a room and a bunch of people smiled widely. I’ve been building rapport with that group for months and it may be the greatest gift I’ve ever given myself. I’ve behaved in a way that makes people glad to see me and I am the one who is blessed.

  • pkr

    Almost everyday. I try to “lighten things up” on a daily basis wherever I go. Laughter is the best medicine and it is FREE. Too bad lots of folks have no sense of humor!
    I made my 94 year old mom laugh a lot on New Year’s Day. 😂
    I too enjoyed today’s question. Thank You to the Team. ❤️

  • devy

    Make someone smile widely? Well my partner a few days ago. As for with others, I am introverted and don’t have a large social gathering. I have a few friends but they live far away. I suppose posting things on Facebook and having people laugh at them is a way.

  • Sue

    One of my 3 ganddaighters and I are “giggle partners”. She just turned two and I learned several months ago that she loves my laugh so when I giggle, she does too. We can go on for quite awhile together until my jaw hurts! I do wish I were more witty with adults. I envy those people who are because laughter is such a gift!

  • Antoinette

    When my family we’re playing board games over the Christmas holiday we were all rolling on the floor with laughter! So fun when everyone puts away their phones and really interact with each other!

  • Amor fati

    On Sunday I remember my friend doubled up in laughter as she tried to pull the door shut as she left my house. She and I always save the last topic of conversation for humor. It’s memory carries us both until we meet again.

  • Michele

    I love a good hard belly laugh. Everyone knows there are people who all you need to do is just hear their laugh and you bust out laughing. There are times when I laugh out loud just remembering something funny. Thank God for South Park, Stepbrothers, and even The Three Stoogies going wayy back.

  • Lily

    I work with developmentally disabled adults, and hearty laughter happens multiple times a day when I’m with them. This question makes me realize how I’ve taken that for granted and what a blessing that laughter is for me. I live alone, with children far away, and this “second family” has greatly enriched my life.

    • Verena

      I can totally relate – one of my sons is a bright young man with special needs. now that he has grown up and moved to a supportive community, there is less laughter in the house…

  • sunnypatti
    I like to think I make others smile every day. I do know that the past several days I have made my boyfriend and some of my coworkers laugh due to my current state of cycle, which causes me to sometimes combine words and do random silly things out of nowhere. I was looking thru a journal that just ended with 2019 and all of the quotes I wrote in it. This one is pertinent to today's question, and is how I strive to live my life - "I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whol...

    I like to think I make others smile every day. I do know that the past several days I have made my boyfriend and some of my coworkers laugh due to my current state of cycle, which causes me to sometimes combine words and do random silly things out of nowhere.

    I was looking thru a journal that just ended with 2019 and all of the quotes I wrote in it. This one is pertinent to today’s question, and is how I strive to live my life –
    “I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being.”
    ~Rumi

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