Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

It has been said that 80% of what people learn is visual.

Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.