National Humor Month

This is our assignment for the Aspire and Inspire sparkteam: April is National Humor Month. It was conceived as a means to heighten public awareness of the therapeutic value of humor. Laughter and joy - the benchmarks of humor - lead to improved well-being, boosted morale, increased communication skills, and an enriched quality of life. Humor as a tool to lift ailing spirits is an established notion supported by scientific research. The curative power of laughter and its ability to relieve debilitating stress and burnout may indeed be one of the great medical discoveries of our times. Have you used humor to relieve stress recently? What are ways you incorporate humor into your daily life? Share anything that will lighten our day and help us laugh!!



As we go through the anxiety of the pandemic, humor is an important tool for stress relief. I think it is a testament to our resilience that so many people have come up with humorous things related to the coronavirus crisis. Here are a few that I have found over the last few days on Facebook:









Finally, here’s something unrelated to the pandemic that I thought was funny: