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got him to the side of my car an Element which is sort of high off the ground. He had no intention of cooperating my dog just sat there, he would not budge. I was trying to lift his front paws while John my friend was trying the get the back, that did not work then we switched places he was yelling okay lift his back..lift and I was saying I am, well all of a sudden I just broke down in complete laughter. It hit me here is my friend who is struggling, sweating, huffing and puffing with my dog while my husband and kid are away, he not only is getting exhausted but he is full of hair and slobber. I just found the whole thing funny. i don't think he did at this point. I was now useless and my friend finally got so determined that he looked at the dog and said." okay what are you 160 lbs. I CAN DO THIS". Well after two back breaking attempts he did. Needless to say he had dog hair all over his face, in his mouth and eyebrows, all over his pants, he was covered. We took one look at each other and laughed.

It was stressful, and I felt terrible too as he looked as though he went through some horrible storm, all messed up and out of place and now had to get to a meeting and he was also running late because of this. All we could do though was laugh and in the end he turned to me and said well at least we have a good story. To me this is finding humor. Taking a stressful situation and finding humor in it. We both left that day laughing. We were not stressed or angry we were laughing and both got to work that day with a good story.

I know some people in my life that would have gone through the same thing and they would not have found it funny at all. But who is healthier? I used this story as an example of taking a stressful situation and finding humor in it. We both had a better day because we laughed and shared the story with others who laughed too.

Everyday we wake up to me is a good day. Every day there is a moment we can find time to make a joke hear a joke or find humor in something. Humor is a great and we need it because it's healthy. Life is tough at times and we need to be flexible in order to deal with it and along with the flexibility we need to find humor.

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