{"id":519276,"date":"2010-04-07T13:40:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jungleoflife.com\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2010-04-07T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T17:40:48","slug":"raoka-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/519276","title":{"rendered":"RAOKA: Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jungleoflife.com%2F2010%2F04%2F07%2Fraoka-laughter%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jungleoflife.com%2F2010%2F04%2F07%2Fraoka-laughter%2F&amp;source=lance02&amp;style=normal\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungleoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/RAOKA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RAOKA\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3071\" height=\"238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jungleoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/RAOKA.jpg\" title=\"RAOKA\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 48px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Laughter<br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&quot;The human race has but one really affective weapon, and that is laughter.&quot; ~ Mark Twain<br \/>\n\t\t<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Preface:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp; Random Acts of Kick Arse is a movement to bring more of {monthly theme} into our lives, and the lives of those around us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>March Theme:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 140, 0);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Laughter<\/span><\/span>.&nbsp; Find ways to incorporate\/see more laughter in the world.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Results<\/strong><\/em>:&nbsp; How often to you laugh out loud?&nbsp; Really laugh??<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that laughing can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lower blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Increase vascular blood flow<\/li>\n<li>Give parts of your body a real workout!<\/li>\n<li>Increase the response to disease-killing cells within your body<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the frequency of colds and other respiratory ailments<\/li>\n<li>Increase memory and learning<\/li>\n<li>Improve alertness and creativity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And to top all of that off&#8230;laughter just simply <span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 100, 0);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">FEELS<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 165, 0);\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">GREAT<\/span><\/span>!!!<\/p>\n<p>Laugh with me right now!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Ha Ha Ha<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Ho Ho Ho<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 0);\"> !!!!&nbsp;<\/span> (did you???)<\/p>\n<p>As I look back over the last month, I&#39;m trying to recall how much I laughed.&nbsp; And I don&#39;t remember.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Except&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever laughed right at that moment when you have taken a drink (or bite) of something?&nbsp; You know what I mean, don&#39;t you!!&nbsp; Where you start to laugh and just can&#39;t stop&#8230;even though your mouth is already full of something&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>During March, I did this not once&#8230;not twice&#8230;not three time&#8230;<em><strong>FOUR TIMES<\/strong><\/em>!!!&nbsp; Without even trying (and it hasn&#39;t happened in a while before this past month)!&nbsp;&nbsp; Meals ruined!&nbsp; Clothes that needed to be changed!&nbsp; And a whole bunch of laughter from those around (okay &#8211; who am I kidding&#8230;a whole bunch of laughter AND a few &quot;ewww&#39;s&quot; from my family).&nbsp; In fact, my daughter used this as an excuse to get out of eating her broccoli!! (what kids will do to get out of eating their veggies!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Serendipity?&nbsp; Luck (am I Irish???)?&nbsp; Dumb luck?&nbsp; The stars were aligned?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you call it, what a month to have <em><strong>FOUR<\/strong><\/em> of those moments where the laughter just couldn&#39;t be stopped!<\/p>\n<p>And here&#39;s the deal:&nbsp; As much of a mess as these &quot;incidents&quot; may have made, it just <em>felt really great!<\/em>&nbsp; That AND&#8230;it brought out a lot of laughs from EVERYONE!&nbsp; And you know what?&nbsp; As much as there are all sorts of health benefits for laughing&#8230;I&#39;ll keep doing it for one reason alone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">IT<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 0);\">FEELS<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 140, 0);\">GREAT!<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Big laughs.&nbsp; Little laughs.&nbsp; Giggles.&nbsp; Laugh at a funny joke.&nbsp; Laugh for no reason at all.&nbsp; Belly laughs.&nbsp; Laugh until it hurts.&nbsp; Laugh until you cry.&nbsp; Laugh silently.&nbsp; Laugh out loud.&nbsp; Laugh until you snort.&nbsp; Laugh alone.&nbsp; Laugh together.&nbsp; Laugh standing up.&nbsp; Laugh laying down.&nbsp; Smile at the world!!!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&quot;The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.&quot; ~ e. e. cummings<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Join me&#8230;once more (please!!!)&#8230;and LAUGH!!!!&nbsp; Just because you can!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 140, 0);\">Ha!&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 0);\">Ha Ha!!&nbsp; <\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">Ha Ho Ho Ho Ha!!<\/span>&nbsp; <br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Ha<\/span> <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Ha Ha Ho Ho Ha Ha!!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>What is Random Acts of Kick Arse (RAOKA)?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em> With the idea that there are so many ways we can do small things to change the world for good, Sami, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifelaughsandlemmings.com\/\" >Life, Laughs, and Lemmings<\/a> took an idea she had and created this movement.&nbsp; The movement:&nbsp; A new theme to focus on each month, bringing a little more good to the world.&nbsp; The movement started in October 2009, and has a core group of participants:<\/p>\n<p>Lori from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janebenimble.com\/\" >Jane Be Nimble<\/a><br \/>\n\tDani from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positivelypresent.com\/\" >Positively Present<\/a><br \/>\n\tGayze&nbsp; from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gazehound.com\/\" >Gazehound&#39;s Animal Communication<\/a><br \/>\n\tZeenat from <a href=\"http:\/\/zeenatsyal.wordpress.com\/\" >Positive Provocations<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janniefunster.com\/\" ><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each month a topic will be chosen to focus on, and then at the start of the next month, the participants will write about their experiences from the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in joining the movement?&nbsp; Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janebenimble.com\/contact-me\/\" >Lori<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>April Theme:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp; <strong><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 140, 0);\">Family<\/span><\/strong> (as chosen by Gayze)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Logo courtesy of Melissa from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationnice.com\/\" >Operation NICE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin SexyBookmarks Menu Code --><\/p>\n<div class=\"sexy-bookmarks sexy-bookmarks-expand sexy-bookmarks-center sexy-bookmarks-bg-enjoy\">\n<ul class=\"socials\">\n<li class=\"sexy-stumbleupon\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/www.jungleoflife.com\/2010\/04\/07\/raoka-laughter\/&amp;title=RAOKA%3A+Laughter\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external\" title=\"Stumble upon something good? 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