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Appreciating Happiness
Happiness…
The angel asked, “You aren’t happy. How can I help you?”
The poet replied, “I have everything. But I lack only one thing. Can you give it to me?”
To which the angel happily said, “Sure. I can… Continue reading
What is Happiness?
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What is happiness?
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The smiley face is a well-known symbol of happiness
Happiness is a… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Humour as Nonviolence
This excerpt is from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Humour as Nonviolent Activism
Patch Adams the founder of the Gesundheit Institute is one of the few humourists using clowning to… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Unmasking the Self
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘ How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Humour Unmasked
In Kahil Gibran’s book The Prophet he writes ‘what is your sorrow but your joy unmasked’.58The power… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Breaking the Rules?
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘ How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Breaking the Rules
The messengers of humour have been characterised by the fool, clown, trickster, joker, buffoon and jester.… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Is Laughter Transcendental?
This excerpt is from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Humour Transcending Opposition
The liberating energy of laughter transcends the instinct of fight or flight. Laughter transcends opposition, attains victory over… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: What Makes Us Laugh?
This excerpt is from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
What Makes Us Laugh
Laughter is defined as meaning ‘to manifest the spasmodic utterance, facial distortion, shaking of the sides…the… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Humour Us
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?
Humour indeed creates a safety value for society to let off steam and a channel for freedom.
Humour-Us
From the… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Laughing For a Long Time
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?
For as long as there has been tragedy there has been laughter. The Ancient Greeks had a strong sense of… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: The Nature of Peace
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?
Humour will present the happy ending and the new beginning.
How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere… Continue reading