智慧背囊 品味人生-02-幽默的意義

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:-3.05]Humor Can Save Your Life幽默的意義 [00:01.20]The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king. [00:09.64]The king became so infuriated he sentenced the jester to be executed. [00:15.02]His court prayed upon the king to have mercy for this man who had served him well for so many years. [00:21.58]After a time, [00:23.65]the king relented only enough to give the jester his choice as to how he would like to die. [00:29.80]The jester replied, "If it’s all the same to you, my Lord, I’d like to die of old age." [00:37.14]Certainly in this case, a good sense of humor saved the man’s life. [00:41.95]It’s true for us as well. [00:44.17]We may not be faced with a situation where our wit will save us from an execution, [00:49.40]but our sense of humor and the ability to laugh at things [00:53.05]has proven health benefits that extend and improve our quality of life. [00:58.18]Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, [01:02.13]wrote about how he cured himself of cancer by laughing a good part of each day. [01:07.60]He rented films of comedies and watched them for hours on end in his hospital room. [01:13.75]He had nothing to lose since he’d been diagnosed as terminal. [01:17.68]His "experiment" turned out to be a classic example of the healing powers of laughter. [01:23.39]If it worked for Cousins with a life-threatening illness, [01:27.00]it can work for us to enhance and protect our good health. [01:31.14]We should laugh often and heartily. It’s good for our body. [01:36.08]Besides, life’s too important to take seriously.

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