I'm tired but can't sleep, so a movie is on in the background. An actor I like says to an actress I don't much like, "I try not to get involved with women when the World Series is about to start. But for you, I'll make an exception."
What a great line. Brilliant. I love it when something unexpected makes me laugh right out loud. It changes immediately how I think and how I feel. I love making other people laugh, too. I love that words have so much power, and that we can have so much influence on each other.
"Research has shown health benefits of laughter ranging from strengthening the immune system to reducing food cravings to increasing one's threshold for pain," says Elizabeth Scott.
To put it another way, as Charlie Chaplin said, "a day without laughter is wasted."
