We might define having a sense of humor as having a readiness to laugh or smile. Ha Ha's extensive humor programming. Some of us are so receptive to funny thoughts and occurrences, that we invent things to laugh about when things are dull. There is always a funny side of life, though it may be inappropriate to laugh aloud when others are saddened. While we don't want to laugh at the misfortune of others, we can certainly benefit by laughing at our own misfortunes.
Counselors often note that there are some who laugh at great tragedy before they can cry.
For these people, laughter has become a natural coping strategy that is hard to turn off. Our miracle workers division will have them up and laughing in no time. Actually, in the fifteen years that I have been working with the Laugh Mobile program at Duke Medical Center, I have encountered less than a dozen people who are offended by our humor program. There are few humor resisters because we screen our patients and visit those who we feel will benefit the most from our program. Even then, our humor offerings may be turned down for physical or emotional reasons.