tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post982272181637557565..comments2023-03-31T00:42:14.692-07:00Comments on Conversations With Chris Bernard: Sharing a Laugh and a SmileMolly Broganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-15322184024357887872008-04-20T09:21:00.000-07:002008-04-20T09:21:00.000-07:00Laughter is the best medicine, thanks so much for ...Laughter is the best medicine, thanks so much for sharing this wonderful things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-79410565374689240682008-04-07T09:17:00.000-07:002008-04-07T09:17:00.000-07:00Laughter and smiles, hand in hand or separate can ...Laughter and smiles, hand in hand or separate can turn the grayish moment to the brightest! Most important, we all should SMILE, when the moment has you down place a big smile on your face and immediately feel better. Thanks for topic of discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-26522247441649487512008-03-31T05:57:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:57:00.000-07:00Peacemaking can contain compassionate communicatio...Peacemaking can contain compassionate communication through the tension without giving up belief or giving into conflict. Sometimes, holding the space for collapse is the best course of action, knowing, that what is next will include possibility not currently available.Molly Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-83558281537886975752008-03-31T05:56:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:56:00.000-07:00Francis' feelings are pretty much mine too. I'm n...Francis' feelings are pretty much mine too. I'm not too interested in unity, but rather expression of local knowledges and getting deciding potentials in the right place. Molly usually has accommodation rather than contest available, which seems entirely a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-90870213728842890342008-03-31T05:55:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:55:00.000-07:00"I always choose unity". That's a very interesting..."I always choose unity". That's a very interesting statement, Molly. To your credit, this IS the direction you take in your postings. What I find impressive is the way you strive to find common ground with someone whose position is opposed to yours, without giving up your standpoint.<BR/> I'm not sure I can (or want to) always act in such a way. I have a very strong tendency to seek harmony in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-87161255020987326722008-03-31T05:53:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:53:00.000-07:00After over a decade in executive boardrooms of cor...After over a decade in executive boardrooms of corporate america, I've also learned to tone down a bully. I see you noticed, Valt. But I don't use humor for this, as you may have noticed. I do use it to relieve tension in a group or unify the group. I always choose unity.Molly Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-2476528106910833632008-03-31T05:52:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:52:00.000-07:00Molly:Jokes meant to belittle or demean were big i...Molly:<BR/>Jokes meant to belittle or demean were big in my family and always upset me until I realized why people used humor like this (albeit subconsciously,) and that I was the one choosing to be upset by it. Now, when someone uses humor like this, I can smile and enjoy the insight into their personality.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I have noticed you have learned ideas that help you greatly in dealing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-56677833222867922772008-03-30T06:19:00.000-07:002008-03-30T06:19:00.000-07:00Esoteric aside: The Tibetan language has numerous ...Esoteric aside: The Tibetan language has numerous words that sound exactly alike. They are clarified by the speaker spelling them. As a result, much of their humor is based on such word misunderstandings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-46092592656424954312008-03-30T05:58:00.000-07:002008-03-30T05:58:00.000-07:00It's boys' night out tonight. I don't do many. C...It's boys' night out tonight. I don't do many. Curry at Moolal's, beer at SGT. The 'humour' will be foul - we have known each other years. Three doctorates will be at the trough, having learned little other than that the world is more at odds with itself than it will admit. Molly sounds as though she could at least interpret the ritual. I would not seek to intervene in any such stuff - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-8149234958523585662008-03-28T19:44:00.000-07:002008-03-28T19:44:00.000-07:00I have heard about three Chinese mystics. Nobody k...I have heard about three Chinese mystics. Nobody knows their names now, and nobody ever knew their names. They were known only as the "Three Laughing Saints" because they never did anything else; they simply laughed.<BR/><BR/>These three people were really beautiful--laughing, and their bellies shaking. And then it would become an infection and others would start laughing. The whole marketplace Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-86650409088624723742008-03-28T06:17:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:17:00.000-07:00I think that what intrigued me to most about this ...I think that what intrigued me to most about this information was the notion that humor can be used to dominate or manipulate a conversation. Like Neil, I have often wondered why I don't think some things are funny when others do. It took me many years to fully understand the concept of shaming that is so prevalent in Irish families. Jokes meant to belittle or demean were big in my family and Molly Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864214690848523445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-91858289530591396482008-03-28T06:16:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:16:00.000-07:00I think I appreciate good humor in others and I ap...I think I appreciate good humor in others and I appreciate good laughing moments myself. I also believe laughing help us to stay healthy.<BR/><BR/>A good theme you chose to present. Well written, as usual.<BR/><BR/>Thank you! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-73046913832593661422008-03-28T06:15:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:15:00.000-07:00***chuckles @ Molly's post******chuckles @ Molly's post***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-58070379637767908962008-03-28T06:14:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:14:00.000-07:00Laughing is certainly everything you said it was b...Laughing is certainly everything you said it was below and then some: Medicine, therapy, and verve; but most of all--just having fun!<BR/><BR/>Maybe the managers of the world will create a "CHECK-LIST" to remind us when it would be best to laugh and why! Do we have any "CHECK-LIST" aficionados out there?<BR/><BR/>The ultimate horror, a check-list of when to laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-10340020152087978932008-03-28T06:13:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:13:00.000-07:00In a dread moment I can see management insisting w...In a dread moment I can see management insisting workers do laughing exercises. Robert Jackall wrote about the importance of laughing at bosses jokes and not topping them with your own in Moral Mazes. It is indeed a complex phenomenon. Laughing can actually be quite sad and nasty stuff too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-24647862568623463372008-03-28T06:11:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:11:00.000-07:00What did the fish say when he ran into the wall?Da...What did the fish say when he ran into the wall?<BR/><BR/><BR/>DamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-3918549784417973582008-03-27T12:52:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:52:00.000-07:00If my day includes laughter...it is a good day ;-)...If my day includes laughter...it is a good day ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-83095404608818475542008-03-27T10:33:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:33:00.000-07:00I think a day without laughter is a day not worth ...I think a day without laughter is a day not worth getting out of bed for. People tell me I'm funny... and (I swear!) I'm not trying to be most of the time.<BR/><BR/>I knew I was going to eventually heal from my daughter's death when, about six months after the fact, I found myself laughing at something someone said... and making a joke in return.<BR/><BR/>And I suppose I could quote <I>Readers Aertenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263441606866480030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916532122185648082.post-68343507433285467522008-03-27T09:35:00.000-07:002008-03-27T09:35:00.000-07:00Laughter has probably saved my life. I have one of...Laughter has probably saved my life. I have one of those laughs that when my kids were little they didn't want to sit next to me in a funny movie. It sort of explodes. And I love it. I'm a pretty positive person but I have a melancholy undertone at times and as I have gotten older I am fighting not to become totally cynical. Given the political and business realities that becomes harder and sctshephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875866931593689888noreply@blogger.com