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Today's Text:
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine..." Proverbs 17:22 

 
Let's Laugh
by Daniel and Tammy Cinzio
Anyone living in Australia, or any visitor to its shores is well acquainted with the loud boisterous "laugh" of the kookaburra.  The repeated "kook-kook-kook-ka-ka-ka" call that rises and falls in volume as family members join in to form a raucous chorus has given it its name and the timing of its calls - usually at dawn or dusk has also earned it the colourful nickname of the "bushman's clock". 
The merry, merry king of the bush - the laughing kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice.  It is a thick-set bird with a large head, short neck, medium length tail and a long, broad and somewhat flattened beak.  It is the largest member of the kingfisher family, yet the laughing kookaburra rarely eats fish.  It prefers eating rodents, lizards, yabbies, insects and is also well-known for eating young snakes.  Their method of hunting, perch and pounce, is typical of kingfishers. They settle motionless on a vantage point, staring fixedly in silence at the ground below.  Sighting prey they swoop down, seize it in their bill, and fly back to a perch to eat it.  Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch. Laughing kookaburras often become quite tame around humans and will readily accept scraps of meat. This 'pre-processed' food is still beaten against a perch
before swallowing.
Kookaburras are monogamous - they mate for life.  Their nest is a bare chamber in a naturally occurring tree hollow or in a burrow excavated in an arboreal (tree-dwelling) termite mound.  Females lay one to five eggs, which are tended by their parents and other laughing kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous one to two years.  Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties.
All interesting facts, but it is the laughter of the kookaburra that deserves a double mention.  It can be heard at any time of day, but most frequently shortly after dawn and especially when the colour drains from the forest after sunset.  One bird starts with a low, hiccupping chuckle, then throws its head back in raucous laughter: often several others join in. If a rival tribe is within earshot and replies, the whole family soon gathers to fill the bush with ringing laughter. 
Laughter - they say it is the best medicine.  Humor is infectious. The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze.  When laughter is shared, it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. In addition to the domino effect of joy and amusement, laughter also triggers healthy physical changes in the body. Humor and laughter strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress.  Best of all, this priceless medicine is fun, free, and easy to use.
Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is innate and inborn, an ability that was put there by your Creator. Infants begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud within months of being born.  Even if you did not grow up in a household where laughter was a common sound, you can learn to laugh at any stage of life.  All it takes is a willingness to risk some loss of control. The timid may start with a few shy giggles. The courageous may jump in with deep belly laughter and as laughter becomes an integrated part of your life, your creativity will flourish and new discoveries for playing with friends, coworkers, acquaintances, and loved ones will occur to you daily. Humour takes you to a higher place where you can view the world from a more relaxed, positive, creative, joyful, and balanced perspective.

So take a tip from the laughing kookaburra and do something you were designed to do - chuckle your way through the day!
 
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Did You Know?

-A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.
-Ostriches can run up to 70km/hr(40 mph) and can outpace most pursuers, such as lions, leopards, and hyenas.
-Owls swallow their prey hole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet. 
   

Tammy's Tips Beginner Sabbath School 
Always have a balance between sit down with prop, action only and moving around with prop songs.  
Rotate through the three - sit down, action, come out the front with prop, sit down...
This will keep the children more alert and attentive throughout the program. 


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