Dare to Laugh & Live | Douglas Fairbanks' Healthy Lifestyle

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health

4.0 • 805 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Listen to episode 170 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Laugh and Live: Douglas Fairbanks' Healthy Lifestyle. Edited and adapted from the work of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Self-Help Podcast Excerpt: We must also remember that out of energy and enthusiasm comes something else that must not be neglected ... in fact it must be cultivated and guarded from the very beginning . . . laughter. The mere possession of energy and enthusiasm makes us feel like laughing. We want to leap and jump and dance and sing. If we feel like doing so, don't let us be afraid to do it. Get out in the air and run like a child. Jump ditches, vault fences, swing the arms! Never fail to get next to nature when responsive to the call. Indeed, we may woo this call from within ourselves until it comes to be second nature. When we rise in the morning, let us be determined that we will start the day with a hearty laugh. Laugh because you are alive, laugh with everything. Let yourself go. That is the secret — the ability to let one's self go! If you follow this religiously you will be surprised how successful the day will be. Everything gives way before it. There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure — happiness is for all who strive to be happy — and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible — you — me— the other guys and gals. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind — not a state of body. And mind controls. Indeed it is possible to stand with one foot on the inevitable "banana peel" of life with both eyes peering into the Great Beyond, and still be happy, comfortable, and serene — if we will but so much as smile. It's all a state of mind, I tell you — and I'm sure of what I say. That's why I have taken up my proverbial fountain pen. Do you ever laugh? I mean do you ever laugh right out loud — spontaneously — joyfully. Well, if you don't, you should. Start off the morning with a laugh and you needn't worry about the rest of the day. Related Self-Help Podcasts: Mental & Physical Fitness How to Improve Your Personality Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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2:27.8	Today's reading was edited and adapted from the book,
2:31.6	Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks,
2:35.4	published in 1917.
2:42.1	There are many essentials to success,
2:45.7	but there is one that is of such importance
2:48.6	that without it, all the others fall away.
2:53.2	The individual who wins success is invariably compelled to do the great work allotted
2:58.9	them by something within that tells them that they can.
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