How Much Is Laughter Really Worth? (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 01 2023	Views/Reads: 263/117	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Much of our problems can be dealt with through a merry heart. We look for artificial medicine that does not get to the heart of our problems.

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In minutes, I was called to go in, and one of the dentist's assistants
took me to the room to prepare me for the process. There was a long 
process, and she did everything but throw me over the moon. 

Finally, she finished her work, and the dentist came in. I had three
teeth that needed to be worked on. The first thing he did was to give 
some numbing shots in my mouth, and everything went numb. Then, he was 
ready to do the work. 

I sat in that chair for maybe an hour with my mouth open and the dentist
on one side of me poking in and his assistant on the other side doing 
what she was supposed to do, and it was a long process. The dentist 
talked to me, but I was in such a position that I couldn't answer back. 


His assistant on my left side was doing an excellent job, at least I
think so, but my mouth was so numb I wouldn't have known otherwise. 

Finally, the process was over, and the assistant, a very nice young
lady, asked me, "How do you feel now?" 

I didn't have to think, but I responded immediately, "I feel like a
woman." 

The assistant looked at me with wonder and said, "What?" 

"I feel like a woman because my mouth has been open for such a long
time." 

It took a while for her to get it, and she did not think it qualified
for laughter. 

I tried to laugh, but my mouth was so numb I could hardly talk. 

Later that day, I was reminded of what the Bible says. "A merry heart
doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones" 
(Proverbs 17:22). 

Much of our problems can be dealt with through a merry heart. We look
for artificial medicine that does not get to the heart of our problems.


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