{"id":203,"date":"2014-07-12T15:16:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T00:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=203"},"modified":"2014-07-12T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T00:16:03","slug":"july-12-laughter-as-a-sign-of-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"July 12 &#8211; Laughter as a sign of caring."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"July 12 &#8211; Laughter as a sign of caring.\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=203\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/people-laughing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-204\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/people-laughing.jpg\" alt=\"people laughing\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today I assisted in officiating at a funeral. \u00a0My experience has been that if those attending get 1 chance to laugh during the service it lowers the emotional load they carry out of the service. \u00a0During the service I reminded the family that the deceased did not like the concept of disposable cups because she would insist they be washed and used again. \u00a0As I had hoped the family laughed and it did lighten the mood of the service.<\/p>\n<p>Some would probably argue that laughing at a funeral is not a healthy practice. \u00a0I differ with that opinion based on the years of experience I have had leading funerals and the reactions and feed-back I have received from the families involved.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you are stressed out think about a happy memory from your past. \u00a0If you feel inclined laugh as you remember it. \u00a0I hope once you try that you will see the power of laughter and how it can help us in times of stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today I assisted in officiating at a funeral. \u00a0My experience has been that if those attending get 1 chance to laugh during the service it lowers the emotional load they carry out of the service. \u00a0During the service I reminded the family that the deceased did not like the concept of disposable cups because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 12 &#8211; Laughter as a sign of caring.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}