It is well-known that humor and joy positively affect the mind and body. They immediately relieve a person of painful symptoms of sorrow, fear, pain, etc. When a person laughs, his face appears like the opening of the petals of a blossoming flower; his each and every pore is filled with new vigor, and his mind becomes fresh. A smile on the lips removes mental worry and weakness. Health and happiness have an intimate connection. If you want to get rid of disease and ailments, want insured life, wish to live for 100 years, then there is only one way – laugh wholeheartedly. If you weep, no one will accompany you. So realize the value of humor and start practicing it now. Make your life sweet with humor. Laugh yourself and also make others laugh. As a food, water and air are essential for a healthy life, so also the elements of humor and joy are necessary.
Therefore, smile, giggle, and laugh without any hesitation. When one laughs gustily, the lungs, stomach, and other internal body parts are exercised, and the flow of blood is increased in all the organs of the body. Laughing freely after hard work relaxes the body and mind, and one gets a new zeal to work again. Therefore, make it a habit to laugh heartily. Laughter and only laughter is the medicine of your pains and sorrows.
– Pujya Gurudev Pandit Shriram Sharma, Acharya
Source: Akhand Jyoti Magazine 2020 July-August