Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer.

Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

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

The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.