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Day 52: Laughter

Today, and yesterday as well, I found myself grateful for laughter.  I needed a "laugh break" and got it!  Stop and think for a minute about laughter.  It's GOOD for you, it revives you, it releases tension and pressure. Think about the people you know who don't laugh. Kinda hard to be around them right?  They make people miserable, they suck the joy out of people like a Hoover vacuum.  I'm so grateful for laughter that I want others to get their "laugh breaks" in.  Laughter, like gratefulness, is what does a heart good.  

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