5- Monday Moments (Week 202) Featured Sunset. Swans.You Don't Say! Secret Spot. Mindfulness. What's in your Toolbox? Dessert.

Featured Sunset

Nigrescent

 Definition The part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon.

There have been no sunsets this week as it has been cloudy and the sun sets deep in the SW horizon around 5 pm.

(taken @ November 18, 2023)

You don't say!

Secret Spot

Photo taken over the stern of our drift boat on mighty Saugeen

Mindfulness

Poet Emily Dickinson on the power of this moment:

"Forever is composed of nows."

Source: Poem 690

Source JAMESCLEAR.COM | November 14, 2024

How Laughter and Humour Benefit Your Health

Laughter is fun, feels good, and can help us embrace joy! But that’s not all — humour has some seriously great impacts on our health, both in the short and long term!

Some of the many ways laughter is good for our minds and bodies include:

• Boost oxygen: As we chuckle, laughter boosts our oxygen intake.
• Lowers blood pressure and heart rate: When we’re done chuckling, it decreases heart rate and blood pressure and can help us relax.
• Mood boost: Laughter activates our brains’ reward systems!
• May help our immune systems: Laughter boosts immunoglobulins A and E, and research has shown it may boost killer cells, as well!
• Pain tolerance: Laughter can increase our pain tolerance!
• Might boost cognitive function: Studies have also shown that watching a 20-minute humourous movie boosted cognitive function in adults!

Embrace those incredible benefits of humour and find something that makes you laugh today!

I have been fortunate to be surrounded by many people who have true belly laughs.

These are just two of them.