Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.

The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger