Tag Archives: Laughter
FMM 9 26 2025 Laughter, the best Medicine
“To him who is in fear, everything rustles.” ~ Sophocles. I remember finding a book of jokes, when I was quite young. I was a good reader, and these jokes were fairly easy to decipher especially as the book was illustrated with drawings. One joke told of a man carefully driving a little car on […]
FMM 10 9 2020 Kindness is a boomerang (Recycled)
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”~Dalai Lama. I am a nurse first. When I think of the roles I play in life, I know in my heart that my passion is nursing. One of the many wonderful things about being a nurse is that it encompasses many job descriptions. For the past […]
FMM 3 23 18 Mining your Life
“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”~ Mark Twain. I grew up in a family that made a joke of everything. My father had a wicked sense of humor, he would say the most outrageous things with a straight face, and it was only the hint of a dimple, or […]
FMM 10 20 17 Exceeding Expectations
“Put your heart, mind and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” ~ Swami Sivananda. I always wanted to be a nurse. I had two dress-up outfits as a child. One was a cowgirl outfit. It came with the sheriff’s badge, a waistcoat, skirt and holster with gun. Oh yes, […]
FMM 9 22 17 Dry Wit
“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”~ Will Rogers. My father had a strange sense of humor. His jokes would often be met with a split second of silence, before the audience, whether in church, the classroom, or the huge assembly hall where as chaplain he would lead morning devotions each […]
FMM 1 31 14 Core Training
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The first time I set foot in a gym, I was struck by one thing: all of this effort and sweat with no product. I thought of how it would appear to the hardworking farmers and laborers of developing […]
FMM 1 24 14 Nothing but Blue Sky
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo. On one of my flights into Manchester, I don’t recall how many years ago, I had a surprising discovery. It was a clear, cloudless morning, the sun rising from a rose tinged horizon, the sky a beautiful shade of dark blue. As […]
Laughter: Better than medicine 4 12 2012
Friday Morning Message Laughter: better than medicine. Good Friday Morning everyone! Last weekend I was privileged to spend time with a wonderful woman who had just celebrated her 95th birthday. Several times I heard her give a good old-fashioned belly laugh. It was such a wonderful sound. Despite her aches and pains, despite the fact that […]
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