Irony Informative Essay

Several years ago, author and motivational speaker, Allen Klein visited a hospice in San Francisco. He came across an elderly woman diagnosed with a terminal disease that expressed her desire that once she dies, she wants her husbands room repainted, with her ashes mixed in with the paint. Klein was confused at this odd request and asked why she would want such a thing. The old woman replied, “So I can look down at my husband and see if there’s any hanky-panky going on” (Horovitz, 2017, para. 22). This elderly woman is still making herself and others laugh, even at the end of her life. She went on to talk about the importance of laughter and how, “Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea” The elderly woman was not wrong. Laughter has not been acknowledged as a way to increase health, when it does so much for one’s body. One in every four deaths in the United States is the result of a heart attack (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015, para. 1). …show more content…
Let’s say someone makes a hilarious joke that causes you to laugh. While laughing, your body releases endorphins, chemicals that promote happy and good feelings within the body. While you are laughing, “the body produces and releases these natural chemicals that work to make you feel good and even give you a brief period of euphoria. This helps to improve mood and lower stress levels” (Hansen, 2015, para. 11). Due to endorphins being released, your levels of cortisol, epinephrine, and dopamine, chemicals all involved in stress, dramatically decrease. When these hormones are reduced, your stress level will also be reduced. In an interview conducted with M.D. Michael Miller he states, “The old saying that 'laughter is the best medicine,' definitely appears to be true when it comes to protecting your heart” (Murray, 2009, para. 2). Miller is referring to the fact that laughter decreases stress, which has overwhelming effects on your