Life is Our Liturgy: Laughter and Joy

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Proverbs 17:22

Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

Proverbs 15:30

John 16: 19-22

“What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” –Jewish Proverb

“The sense of humor is even more important provisionally in dealing with our own sins than in dealing with the sins of others. Humour is a proof of the capacity of the self to gain a vantage point from which it is able to look at itself. The sense of humuor is thus a by-product of self-transendence. People with a sense of humuor do not take themselves too seriously.” –Reinhold Niebuhr

“LAUGHTER is the greatest weapon that we humans possess and it’s the one we use the least!” – Mark Twain

“If I do not LAUGH, I should die!” –Abraham Lincoln

“Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.” –Henry Ward Beecher

"Laughter is an instant vacation." –Milton Berle

"When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other." –Alan Alda

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." –Victor Borge

"I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying ‘Ain't that the truth’" –Quincy Jones

"Love may make the world go 'round, but laughter keeps us from getting dizzy." –Unknown