We know that this time of year can add extra stress to your family as you live through a busy calendar and lots of Christmas prep work.
The Morning Thing wants to help! We want to add more JOLLY to your Holly Jolly 25!
Here is a list of Christmas Jokes for Kids from imom.com
Take a minute, share a few of these with your family and friends, and LAUGH!
Laughter and having FUN is SO important during the holidays.
We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
All this week, The Morning Thing is bringing you Faith-Filled Funniness to the 8am hour.
We are featuring some comedy bits from some of your favorite Christian comedians.
Enjoy! Laugh! Have a great day!
Click HERE to hear Mark Lowry share the hilarious details of his first encounter with a tornado, while living on a houseboat!
Click HERE to hear Tim Hawkins share a hilarious and relatable bit about pumping gas.
Click HERE to see Anita Renfroe sing her famous song “Momisms”. she sums up all the things that a Mother says to her children in a 3-minute song, set to the tune of the William Tell Overture!
More laughs coming tomorrow at 8am!
The Morning Thing is a GREAT way to start your day!
Today on the Morning Thing, we celebrated Tell a Joke Day! Daria and Abigail shared some kids jokes guaranteed to make you smile. To read more about Tell a Joke Day, click HERE! Check out some jokes HERE! As always, thanks for listening!
We all have busy lives. The craziness of our days can lead to stress and anxiousness.
(from www.daysoftheyear.com) Every day is a new lap in the rat race, and sometimes we get so caught up in that that we lace ourselves in a little tight. Things have to go ‘just so’ and if things get out of whack we start to lose our minds a little. Routine and precision are definitely useful traits in certain situations, but Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day reminds us that sometimes, we just have to let go and enjoy the chaos that life brings us with a smile.
How to Celebrate Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
Well, it all starts with letting go. Relaxing. Stop worrying about every little detail.
Drive casually, don’t rush as you move through traffic, and if someone cuts you off, laugh it off, and continue about your day.
Today is the day to let things that normally drive you up the wall, slide so that you can be free of that pain and that worry. Loosen Up, Lighten Up!
Here are 5 Ways to Loosen Up and Enjoy Life More from www.peopleskillsdecoded.com
1. Get Some Perspective
Whenever something stresses you out, it’s good to adopt a wide timeframe and ask yourself how much that thing will matter as time goes by. How much will it matter one year from now?
The truth is that on a large timescale, very few things truly matter. This is why looking at things in perspective helps you relax and not take minor issues seriously. It helps you focus on what truly matters.
2. Look on the Bright Side Too
One major reason why people take things so seriously is because they look at everything that goes wrong, and they lose sight of all that goes well. They see the cup half empty in any area of life, and this makes it hard for them to enjoy themselves.
So in order to relax and have more fun, you wanna consciously practice finding and acknowledging the positive in your life: your qualities, your achievements, your opportunities, the things you do well and the things worth being grateful for. It doesn’t mean to deny the negative; it just means to see the positive as well. Your happiness will improve significantly.
3. Laugh and Make Fun about It
There is something powerful about laughing at a negative event and joking about it. It sort of tells your mind that the event isn’t that bad after all, since you can laugh about it. And once that idea has entered your mind, it will start finding reasons why, indeed, the event isn’t that bad. So you’ll detach emotionally and feel more joyful.
People who are optimistic and upbeat do this all the time. Because they have this mindset like: “This is what is; I can’t change it, so I might as well enjoy myself while I still can”. And so they do.
4. Work on Overcoming the Deeper Attitude Issues
Typically, taking things too seriously is only a symptom of much deeper issues. Often people who take things too seriously are perfectionists and they can’t tolerate imperfection (their own or that of others). Many times they have visible self-image issues, and often they really lack self-confidence.
Fixing these deeper issues will take some time and require proper guidance.
5. Have a Rich, Active Life
People with a rich, active life rarely take things too seriously. They’re too busy doing stuff. They don’t have the time or energy to dwell on negative events and worry. In a way, you could say that worrying about minor things is a luxury, afforded by people with too much free time on their hands.
So an effective way to stop taking things too seriously is to fill your life with activities and keep yourself engaged. Learn, get a job, pursue your passions, find new hobbies, do some volunteer work, do something. It will keep your mind too busy to worry, and it has many other perks as well, like making your lifestyle more exciting and making you a more interesting person.
This morning, we focused in on laughter as a way to loosen up and lighten up!
Check out these cute kids’ jokes from www.laffgaff.com
Why was the bee’s hair sticky?Because he used a honey-comb.
What kind of bagel can fly?A plain bagel.
Why did the dog sit in the shade?Because he didn’t want to be a hot dog.
Where do hamburgers dance?At a meat ball.
Where do dogs go when their tails fall off?The re-tail store.
What did the paper say to the pencil?You’ve got a really good point.
What did one ocean say to the other ocean?Nothing, it just waved.
How does a train eat?It goes chew chew.
January 24 is Global Belly Laugh Day. Today we can celebrate the GREAT Gift of Laughter.
Join The Morning Thing today for the “Belly Laugh Bounce Around the World”.
Today, at 1:24 p.m. (local time) smile, throw your arms in the air and laugh out loud.
When you join this Global Belly Laugh, please record it and send your video to wnzr@mvnu.edu
We would LOVE to keep sharing the laughter with you.
Laughs and smiles are sunshine that transform our moments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on the 7 continents. Click HERE to read more about how to connect, create and celebrate laughter.
Today, Marcy, Dan and Andy shared some laughs with you as they told Christian jokes.
Click HERE for a list of these silly jokes.
Click HERE to hear these 3 silly radio DJs tell jokes and laugh. 🙂
What happens when we laugh?
We get the fuel to thrive and flourish when we laugh.
(From www.bellylaughday.com)
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A Good Hearty Laugh
A Sense of Humor
Smiling
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Laughter can help our health! Click HERE for the entire article about 7 benefits of laughter.
People who lower their blood pressure will reduce their risk of stroke and heart attack.
By reducing the level of stress hormones, you’re simultaneously cutting the anxiety and stress that impacts your body. Additionally, the reduction of stress hormones may result in higher immune system performance.
One of the benefits of laughter is that it can help you tone your abs. When you are laughing, the muscles in your stomach expand and contract, similar to when you intentionally exercise your abs.
Laughter is a great cardio workout, especially for those who are incapable of doing other physical activity due to injury or illness. It gets your heart pumping and burns a similar amount of calories per hour as walking at a slow to moderate pace. So, laugh your heart into health.
T-cells are specialized immune system cells just waiting in your body for activation. When you laugh, you activate T-cells that immediately begin to help you fight off sickness. Next time you feel a cold coming on, add chuckling to your illness prevention plan.
Endorphins are the body’s natural painkillers. By laughing, you can release endorphins, which can help ease chronic pain and make you feel good all over.
Laughter can increase your overall sense of well-being. Doctors have found that people who have a positive outlook on life tend to fight diseases better than people who tend to be more negative. So smile, laugh, and live longer!
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