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How Crying Can Get You Ice Cream
By Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
"It all starts with a SMILE"
As you read this, my wife and I are on vacation in Florida. My
daughter, son, and niece enjoy my company so much they invited
us to join them at a beach house! Or, perhaps, they wanted free
babysitting...
Well the jokes on them because my wife and I are going spoil
their children rotten at every turn!
Actually spending a week in constant proximity to children from
age one to age fifteen reminds me of one of my most important
Smile Strategies. And one I'm most apt to forget about when I
get wrapped up in a little too much seriousness. Listen
Carefully.
When I am being too serious (remember that I am an advocate of
taking your responsibilities seriously and yourself less so) and
forgetting to have fun with life in the present moment,
listening carefully is usually the first thing I quit doing. I
start to listen to the words being said when I'm too serious
instead of the emotions being expressed. And listening to mere
words is not how a humor being communicates when she's at full
strength.
Here's what I mean. On our vacation, there will certainly be
times when one of my grandchildren is whining and complaining. Maybe
even crying. (There will certainly be times when I'm
doing that too...but that's another story altogether!)
If I'm forgetting to listen very carefully I will "hear" the
whining and react with anger. Which will only flame the fire
and compound the problem.
But when I remember this important Smile Strategy, I hear the
whining but I don't focus on that. I am able to look past the
surface noise and hear what's really being said. Like "I don't
feel important right now" or "I need some reassurance that I am
safe and loved right now". And when I am listening carefully
and able to hear the real message, I can respond in loving and
helpful ways.
Instead of joining the fight.
By the way, I've put my wife on notice that when I'm whining and
crying on this vacation what I'm really saying is "I'm worried
I'm not going to get enough ice cream." And I've asked her to
listen carefully too!
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Some Humor to Help You Smile
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Michael Feldman
"Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time: I
think I've forgotten this before."
Rosanne
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Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
7406 Wesboro Road
Louisville, KY 40242
"It all starts with a SMILE"
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