Of all the forms of courage the ability to laugh is the most profoundly therapeutic

“Laughter is the best medicine”

Did you know that there is such thing as laughter therapy?

It is even used in hospitals to reduce anxiety and stress, render pain manageable and bolster the immune system.

The benefits of laughter include:

Physical benefits; boosts immune system, lowers stress hormones, decrease pain, relaxes your muscles and prevents heart disease.

Mental benefits; Adds joy and zest to life, eases anxiety and fear, relives stress, improves your mood and enhances resilience

Social benefits;Strengthens relationships, makes us attractive to one another, enhances teamwork, helps defuse conflict and promotes group bonding.

Who would have thought that a little chuckle every now and then could do so much.

BEWARE: Laughter is infectious, and highly contagious.

This is good-bye

The end is in sight, it is torturous, if you relax just a little too much then, BANG your in trouble, left straggling behind desperately trying to catch up.

I just want to have my weekends back, everyone keeps saying your so close bla bla bla bla and I know that, but the end can’t come soon enough. After four years of putting everything I can into each assignment I am done. I can quite happily say that I am ready to start working again.

The end is always the toughest I am really struggling to keep the momentum. My mind is already far away from university.

I will be sad to say goodbye to my classmates and lecturers, as I know I won’t see half of them again. Last year the end of the year came and went and we never even said goodbye to people we had known for three years, which I felt was really sad, but I believe that every person crosses our path for a reason and we learn something from every person we meet you take what you need to and carry it with you and this is what makes us who we are, we are a product of our experiences and the people we share our lives with.

So thank you classmates and lecturers until next time x x x

Christmas

Just under two months until my favourite time of the year

Plus i get to go on a long awaited holiday, somewhere, anywhere, just far away from my desk which i now hate courtesy of CPUT and my laptop.

This year it won't be a trip to England. Its too cold and dark although the snow is very festive, sunshine doesn't really give you the same Christmas spirit i think we are heading either to the Delta or Mozambique haven't been to either so cant wait.

I love everything about Christmas, Turkey, roast potatoes, presents.... That's defiantly my favourite bit although I'm not very good at looking like a love gifts that I hate my face always gives me away. My family hate buying me gifts cause they know I wont like them, oh my word that make me sounds ungrateful.

Anyway not long then I can dust of my Christmas tree, what date are you actually meant to put your tree up?

 

The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma

I survived my childhood without out any major long term damage. In fact in some ways I would say I had a pretty sheltered childhood. There were about 20 kids that lived on my road, we all used to play in the street every evening until it got dark not a care in the world.

I went to out local primary school, then on to the local secondary school all my friends were pretty normal (What ever that may be) and then I got the shock of my life when I moved away to college.

Stories of my new friends that were raped as children or abused, friends who had lost siblings or parents as an early age, eating disorders, suicide notes. I couldn’t get my head around it, either people just hadn’t spoken about these kind of issues or I had had my eyes closed.

I really felt that a lot of these people were the product of their childhood trauma and some of them still to this day are limited by the trauma they experienced, living on the edge of society and others have triumphed over the troubles they faced.

Its not always easy just to put aside trauma that you experience but you also cant spend your life looking back it will drive you insane.

Only bad things happen quickly?

Good things can happen quickly too, haven’t you heard of instant gratification. Ok so it may not mean effectively reaching your long term goals. This way you don’t have to spend you life working towards achieving and never seeing the fruition of your labour.

You have to look for the the good things that happen quickly, that feeling of satisfaction that may not always change your life but can defiantly make you smile.

A kiss or a hug, winning the lottery, eating something scrumptious, listening to your favorite song, driving or walking somewhere really beautiful having fun with friends and family these things can happen any time anywhere you just have to open your eye and see the good that can come in any one day. 

Green Fingers

This weekend I spent some time tending to my new garden, I am now thinking that I should have done some research before I started up-rooting plants and moving them around. I have just gone to check on my newly arranged garden and the lavender bush that I moved has wilted beyond belief, my new found green fingers may not be nearly as green as I had first thought.

I think this gardening business is harder than it look’s. I planted some basil, coriander, strawberries and tomatoes, it will be interesting to see how they grow.

I am feeling very inspired, I want a full blown veggie patch, my mission is to figure out what to plant when and see if my farming skills are up to scratch, judging by the wilting lavender I think I have some work to do.

Be bold & mighty forces will come to your aid

There have been times in my life when I have been scared, scared of being hurt or rejected and scared of failure. In these times I wish I had taken it upon myself to be bold and had the mighty forces intervention. 

I remember being in a job interview for a  job that I wanted so badly, when the people interviewing asked me a simple question and I was left without words I couldn't think of a single thing to say (this doesn't happen very often) and in this instance if I had been bold and brazen perhaps the mighty forces may have intervened.

Ill remember this next time i'm in a spot of bother and and mighty forces please be ready to come to my aid.