音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.95]Humor Can Save Your Life幽默的意义
[00:05.20]The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king.
[00:13.64]The king became so infuriated he sentenced the jester to be executed.
[00:19.02]His court prayed upon the king to have mercy for this man who had served him well for so many years.
[00:25.58]After a time,
[00:27.65]the king relented only enough to give the jester his choice as to how he would like to die.
[00:33.80]The jester replied, "If it’s all the same to you, my Lord, I’d like to die of old age."
[00:41.14]Certainly in this case, a good sense of humor saved the man’s life.
[00:45.95]It’s true for us as well.
[00:48.17]We may not be faced with a situation where our wit will save us from an execution,
[00:53.40]but our sense of humor and the ability to laugh at things
[00:57.05]has proven health benefits that extend and improve our quality of life.
[01:02.18]Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness,
[01:06.13]wrote about how he cured himself of cancer by laughing a good part of each day.
[01:11.60]He rented films of comedies and watched them for hours on end in his hospital room.
[01:17.75]He had nothing to lose since he’d been diagnosed as terminal.
[01:21.68]His "experiment" turned out to be a classic example of the healing powers of laughter.
[01:27.39]If it worked for Cousins with a life-threatening illness,
[01:31.00]it can work for us to enhance and protect our good health.
[01:35.14]We should laugh often and heartily. It’s good for our body.
[01:40.08]Besides, life’s too important to take seriously.