...Norman Cousins research on laughing therapy In a book called “Anatomy of Illness”, Cousins shares his successive fight against crippling diseases and how a body mobilizes its healing power when there is positive attitude towards the problem. Cousins throughout his life he had challenging life. Right in younger days he was struck with tuberculosis and later he had paralysis. Whenever, he had a disease he came up with responsibility of curing it naturally, within. He describes how a body can produce required medicine within the body through love, hope, faith and laughter. Always used to trust that nature is such a beautiful thing it creates problems to bring up a new inventions and discoveries for better living. Many credits to cousins, as...
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...101 SIMPLE THINGS WHY I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND ♥ •I love his eyes. •I love his smile. •I love the way he laughs. •I love moments when we can finish each other’s sentences. •I love it when he holds my hand. •I love it when we look into each other’s eyes and the rest of the world disappears. •I love it when he looks at me, talks about me and touches me as if every part of me is precious. •I love the fact that we dream of a grand adventure together. •I love the fact that he values my opinion. •I love it when he kisses me on my forehead; it is the deepest feeling of love and peace. •I love the fact that though we have tough times together, he still chooses to be with me. •I love that he loves taking stolen pictures of me. •I still look beautiful in his eyes no matter how bad I think I look. •I love when he said he’d still love me even I get SO FAT! •I love that he gets jealous with other guys. •I love that I am his reason why he wake up so early. •I am myself when I am with him. •I don’t need to clean the house before he comes over. •I can tell him every little thing about me. •I can ask him a dumb question without feeling dumb. •I love the fact that when I’m around him, I can be myself and not worry about what he may think of me because I know he loves me for who I am. •He is very patient even when I’m yelling. •He is overflowing with confidence. •He can handle adversity and come out stronger. •He is Intelligent. •I feel so secured and loved when he hugs me tight...
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...nformative speechINFORMATIVE SPEECH Speech Title: Laughter is the best medicine. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the benefits of laughter. Central Idea/ Thesis statement: There are several benefits of laughter in terms of physical, mental and social. Introduction 1. Attention Material How we can improve our health without having a drug or doing an exercise every day? While it hears seem impossible, I'd like to let all of you know about this fact. Based on your knowledge, what is laughter? According to undated article on How Laughter Works by Marshall Brain defined that laughter is not the same as humor but laughter is one of the physiological responses to humor. Laughter consists of two parts which are a set of gestures and the production of a sound. When we laugh, the brain pressures us to conduct both those activities simultaneously. When we laugh, changes may occur in many parts of the body which effects on arm, leg and muscles. 2. Tie To Audience/ Relevancy Statement/ Reveal Your Topic You may be thinking whether it is true or not, right? Laughter is a great thing that is why usually we heard that people saying, "Laughter is the best medicine." This statements shows strong evidence that laugh every day can make a big difference to our health. Laughter means you feel happy and when you are happy you tend to be healthier. It is a regular series of short sounds like "hahaha," “huhuhu,” “heeheehee” or “hohoho." These sounds...
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...but there is a way that you can cure 60% of weekly stresses by not spending money on medications, consolers or alcohol. It’s a supper convenient trick that doesn’t require you to leave your room nor house for it. Today I am going to be informing you about laughing yoga. I’m going to tell you what it is. The benefits of it. And how you can use it on our everyday life. In the mid-1990s laughter yoga was practiced in the early mornings, primarily by groups of older men in open parks. Later, a more formalized version was created and popularized as “laughter clubs” by physician MADAN KATARIA. Kataria`s first laughter yoga club began on march 13th 1995 in Mumbai, India, Beginning with five people in public local park. The concept has rapidly spread worldwide. as of 2011, there are more than 8000 laughter clubs in 65 countries Each club has its own laugh captain and operates as an independent cell. He started laughing yoga to shed ambitious and build self confidence In other words laughter cures today According to kataria laughing yoga leaves you feeling fresh for the day and prove that laughter helps decrease the negative affects of stress and also gives a boost to your ammune system Show a video So laughing yoga...
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...Rashaun Sells Mr. Wallin WR. 121-04 18 March 2013 Harold Michael Lawless There are many people that are special to me. I have my mother who is my best-friend, my older brother who was the man in our family that helped raise me, and my little brother, who is so kind, gentle, and the happiest kid that keeps a smile on my face. They all are special to me, but there is one person who is at the top of my special list. When I was a young kid, I always wanted to be down at the bowling alley. Why is this? This is because that’s where he loved to be. I’d walk into the bowling alley; it would be loud, with the mix of music and peoples laughter. I’d look down by the lanes to see if he was there, and if he wasn’t, I’d keep walking. It felt like there were hundreds of people around. Finally, I would find him, by one of the lanes. As I’d sit down, I’d smell the corn dogs and french-fries coming from the concession stand. Every now and then you could hear the balls hitting the lanes, then the knocking of the pins going down. I remember watching him bowl, in my mind he was the best one there. He had the perfect form, he’d release the ball and his thumb would come up to his ear, and I would say the words that he says to me when he taught me the form, “yah, just like that kiddo, make sure you take that thumb to your ear, slide it over the top of that ear, swipe your hair back, and say, I’m a cool kid!” The ball would hit the lane, knock the pins down, and then I’d hear everybody around...
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...Laughter is one of the greatest healing devices known to man. Laughter is powerful and can help people in many different ways. It has the power to cure something as little as a bad day or to heal the wounds of a terminally ill person. Laughing has helped create the smile which is the universal sign of well being. Generally, individuals who do not laugh live miserably and have unhappy lives. Dr. Robert Holden found out that smiling and laughing releases endorphins in the brain which gives people a overall happy well being. Using comedy, many doctors have stimulated the healing process in manic depressants and fatally ill patients giving them hope and ambition. In many clinics laughter is being used in replacing anti depressants and reduces the need for pain killers.(Dr. Gael Crystal). Take comedians for example, they usually live long and happy lives. Putting a smile on faces and laughs in souls is what makes life complete. Laughter helps heal people and brightens spirits for a better and healthier life . Laughing is a sign of joy and hope and keeps people normal and the world happy. Using the techniques of laughter and happiness is the best medicine known to man. Laughter is the universal sign of well being and happiness within health. Laughing brightens the spirit and heals the mind and body of people who allow it to overcome them. So try a smile and laugh on for size and live a longer happier life with loved...
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...The Decreasing of Politeness in East Java Deal with Gender and Age Syukur Insani Study Program of English Education and literature Faculty Studies of Culture Universitas Brawijaya As time goes by, people of Java that used to be judged as friendly and kind people, lose their politeness and good attitude slowly but surely. Nowadays fact, not all of them are friendly and kind people, many of them jokes in a very impolite way, they usually insult one's physical. This is the problem of the politeness degradation and this problem is getting worse. It is ironic, so many entertainers become popular or much more popular because they do rude and impolite jokes and the targets of the entertainers are young people that later will become the model of the next young people. Many young people who are still labile or unstable and usually still do not know how to behave but they love to watch television very much become love at joking in this way very much because it has become one of the trends of young people in their daily. Nowadays, there are some television shows that have entertainers or hosts who are often and tend to joke in rude and impolite way. The ways they joke often make someone or a group offended. One of the most controversial cases was when a celebrity couple broke up because of jokes in a television show. The celebrity couple broke up is A&B and A’s partner is Z. “Aku sering ribut karena ketersinggungan saya di acara itu” (I used to get mad because I am offended...
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...There are over six billion people on this planet, each of them is special because of the qualities and talents each possess. I was bestowed with many talents that I am proud of and make me the individual I am today, but the qualities I am most proud of are my sense of humor and my creative spirit. My sense of humor allows me to live life to the fullest because I can find humor in every situation; this allows me to not be depressed and consumed by one event in life, I can experience every aspect of life under the best circumstances. I am also very creative; I enjoy playing the piano and creating art with my bare hands whether it be with clay or with metal. Because of this talent, I am now able to find beauty in each situation. I can see a miracle when all others see is chaos. Because of these talents, I am the loveable and easy-going person I am today. My sense of humor allows me to be as enjoyable as possible. My mother always says that I can make her laugh during any situation to brighten her day. Others encourage me to be a comedian because of the phrases I use in my daily life. I enjoy making people laugh because one laugh can add seven minutes to an individual’s life and I see how happy others are when I make a simple joke. I feel like I influence lives every time I make someone smile because they could be feeling unhappy and maybe my knock-knock joke lifts their spirits and they go and make someone else smile. It is a chain reaction of happiness, and if I...
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...Is Miss Gee Ultimately A Comical Poem? In many ways, Miss Gee can be interpreted as a comical poem. Auden sustains a light hearted tone throughout, the traditional ABCB rhyming scheme imitates the format of a nursery rhyme providing a childish and facetious feel. The reader may also find Miss Gee’s inappropriate dream, implying her squalid, sexual encounters with the vicar comical. However, it could be argued Auden has used this light hearted, humorous tone to emphasise the harshness of the judgemental and uncaring society and make the audience question themselves for cruelly laughing at her unfortunate demise. At first glance, when reading the poem, the reader would not suspect it to lead to her death, with almost horrific details of the surgeon’s butchering dissections. This is due to the light hearted, nursery rhyme like tone through Auden’s use of short rhyming lines with heavy description of Miss Gee’s appearance. ‘She had a squint in her left eye / Her lips they were thin and small’. The descriptions give Miss Gee a ‘cartoon-esque’ impression and again make her and the overall poem appear quite comical. The fifteenth stanza, on line 59, ‘O, doctor, I’ve a pain inside of me’ although not a humorous line in itself, imitates the structure of the infamous ‘doctor, doctor’ jokes, making Miss Gee’s illness almost laughable. Many would argue and say that the blunt lines do not make the poem come across as funny, but uncomfortable and give the reader a sense of unease. Miss...
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...Another goodbye story This goes down as another story, another chapter. Another story to sit and ponder about, another chapter added to my book of life. I sit and type these words out all I envision is you walking towards me, you walking strong. All I can envision is your smile you say hello to me, and the side eye you give when you walk away. Hurt. Hurt is a common feeling that I have, you hurt my feelings, not by your actions but the way you go about it. I guess it's easy to completely ignore someone as if they don't have any feelings. It rude and its mean. But that's something you do and don't seem to want to change, it obviously works for you. But Sevante I'm done, I done changing your mind, I'm done textng you, I'm done calling you. All in all you really don't care so why should I. We had our fun and we shared great laughs, but I'm not allowing you to do what you want with me. And only deal with me when it's convenient for you. It's not right. I really like you and you know that. But your words and your actions are no longer lining up. So today is goodbye. Goodbye to our jokes, goodbye to our laughs, goodbye to our smiles. Goodbye to our hugs, goodbye to our kisses, goodbye to our intimacy. Goodbye. I pray that one day you will see that what your doing isn't good, and I pray that you never have to go through...
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...1.A CARLOS BULOSAN FILM Present 2.When I was four my family live in a small town. 3. We had a rich next-door neighborhood whose son and daughters seldom came out of the house 4. When our rich neighbor cook, we hung about and look all the wonderful smell of the food into our beings. 5. We were always in the best of spirits and our laughter was contagious, laughing was only our wealth. 6. As time went on, the rich man’s children became thin and anemic while we grew even more robust and full of energy. 7. From that day on, windows of our neighbor’s were closed. 8. One morning a policeman came to our house with a sealed paper. The rich man filled a complaint against us. 9. when the day came for us to appear in court, father brushed, father brushed his old army uniform and borrowed a pair of shoes from one of my brothers. 10. The rich man opened his mouth to speak and fell to the floor without a sound. 11. the lawyer rushed to his aid. The judge pounded his gravel. 12. CASE DISSMISSED CAST OF CHARACTERS POOR MAN . . . . . . . . Rhian Joseph Polaron RICH MAN. . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Yvan Sabornizo POOR MAN’s WIFE. . . . RICH MAN’s WIFE. . . . . Ellain Grace Bellin POOR MAN’s SON. . . . Glenn Elix Bernardo POOR MAN’s Daughters. . . . . Rodesa flor Baldemor Ivy Joy Espada Kenneth Talaron Khizna Mae Castroverde Mary Lord Molina RICH MAN’s SON. . . . . . . . . . . Ivan John Pinuela RICH MAN’S DAUGHTERS. . . . . Catlene...
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...My Wife Daniel Shelly ENG121: English Composition I Anne Fowler February 18, 2013 My Wife Most individuals can count on one hand whenever it comes to naming someone who has significant meaning in their life. I am no stranger when it comes to this fact. I am not so easily amazed when it comes to meeting people, but the first time I laid eyes on my wife I was astonished. I knew something was special about her and I was right. Some of the significant wonders about my wife that are special to me are her beauty, her sweet pea fragrance, and her voice. I don’t intend to sound weird, but I can stare at my wife all day long. Her beauty is so mesmerizing. Her creamy, butterscotch skin tone is like no other I have ever seen. Her eyes are round. Gazing into them is like staring at a full moon on a clear night. She stands at five foot one. Although she is small in stature, her enormous heart is one to die for. Her distinctive smile remains to be her most unique feature. It might not be the most perfect smile, but no one can deny its beauty. She bares all her pearly whites as the corner of her lips stretch from cheek to cheek. Everyone is beautiful in their own way and she definitely has her style. I am not one to have a keen sense of smell, but I would recognize her fragrance anywhere. Her choice of perfume is sweet pea from Bath and Body Works. I’ve grown accustomed to this smell. I could be blindfolded and sniff her out like a beagle hot on the trail of a rabbit. That fragrance...
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...REGION 1 SHORT STORIES Authors Biography Carlos Bulosan was born in the Philippines on November 24, 1913 and immigrated to the United States at the age of 17 on July of 1930. He arrived in Seattle, Washington where he would struggle against discrimination and poverty. He traveled up and down the west coast of the United States chasing after work. After years of harsh living and working conditions, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and went to Los Angeles to have surgery at the Los Angeles County Sanitarium. Here he was confined to the hospital for two years, during which he read and wrote profusely. After three operations in this time span, he lost most of his right ribs and one of his lungs. Basically self-educated, having had only three years of formal education in the Philippines, he has become one of the most celebrated. Filipino writers in American history, his most notable work being his semi-autobiographical novel, America is in the Heart, which was published in the year 1946. The novel represents not only his own story but a collective story of Filipino men like him. The novel describes Filipino experiences on the Central Coast as one point among many, including Alaska, Seattle, Yakima Valley, all the way down to San Diego. My Father Goes To Court (Carlos Bulosan) My Father Goes To Court (Carlos Bulosan) When I was four, I lived with my mother and brothers and sisters in a small town on the island of Luzon. Father’s farm had been destroyed in 1918 by one of our...
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...1. How can you develop cultural competence? You have to be committed to promoting cultural competence. You can develop this commitment through staff development and training, hiring, retention, career advancement, performance evaluations, and employee policies that support culturally competent and linguistically appropriate practice. Create a safe, secure, and supportive environment where staff can explore and develop an understanding for all cultures. Create formal partnerships with community organizations and encourage staff to actively engage communities and families in the development of policy, program design, and service delivery models. 2. How can you communicate effectively? Effective communications involves listening as well as speaking. When you do speak to a group, how you deliver your message plays a part in how it’s received. In the workplace, effective communication techniques can help foster positive relationships. be sure you avoid some communication pitfalls so that you don’t undermine your good work. 3. How do you make the most of personal relationships? Cultivating personal relationships requires a willingness to invest of your time, energy, and self without guarantee of a beneficial return. Still, relationships can be one of the most rewarding experiences of life, it is up to you to decide if the effort is worth the risk. 4. How can you manage stress? * Take a break from the stressor. It may seem difficult to get away. But when you...
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...Is one child’s horrendous life worth the well being and happiness of thousands of others? There is a great deal of despair in the life of one nameless child in a city called Omelas. This unfortunate child knows nothing of life, except what small memories it has of sunlight, clean air, kind words, laughter and happiness. This child was the chosen one in Omelas, the utopia where everything is perfect and nothing goes wrong. Taking a look at your surroundings, it gives you a sense of accomplishment and what we take for granted. We take in all of serenity and don’t think twice about it. “Omelas (it’s like) a city in a fairy tale, long ago and far away, once upon a time” (Le Guin 227). How lucky we must be, Omelas is a city full of life, smiles all around, and minimal conflict. The highly anticipated Festival of Summer comes to the city, and all involved are grateful for its presence. The birds flying, harmonic music against the breezy wind. The sound of children, laughing, giggling, playing about, those who are doped up on drugs, making their high, as prioritized as hunger. “One thing I know there is none of in Omelas is guilt” (227). The people of Omelas were joyful, “they were mature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched” (227). The children of Omelas were happy; they were still young and unknowing of the dark side of this utopia and had no reason to show concern. The adults of Omelas knew of the dark side, but blinded their consciousness...
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