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I feel that if we can't laugh at ourselves, the ability to enjoy life is diminished, more so as we get get older.
As you get older you do become more aware of your own mortality, which can lead to some quite negative thoughts. My way of dealing with that is to look for the funny side of everything, which there invariably is.
Just recently, a top soccer player in the UK collapsed on the pitch with a massive heart attack and despite the best efforts of the paramedics, doctors and a heart specialist who was in the crowd, effectively died for 78 minutes.
Although still in intensive care he is making a remarkable recovery and has been laughing and joking with the team looking after him.
Various news reports have all stressed the same thing and that is the player concerned always has a ready smile for anyone and always looks for the funny side of life, so it would appear that a sense of humour and a positive outlook can aid recovery.
It's better to be a live optimist than a dead pessimist, that's for sure.