We should stop thinking about laughter as the best medicine and more along the lines of laughter as the best daily vitamin. 

(I know.  Not only is this a phenomenal quote I just invented, it’s relatively pithy as well.  This is so brilliant it could easily end up in one of any number of places in a Reader’s Digest.  Although, I do recall an article from the same publication when I last had to move my bowels at my mother’s house that suggested multivitamins may be essentially worthless.  Let’s pretend, however, that multivitamins are still in good standing.  It reinforces the quote by sticking to the whole “medical treatment” theme.)

Instead of suggesting that laughter can best be served by employing it in times of want or need (i.e., after the fact), I’d rather we think of laughter as an essential component to a healthy diet.  Intake frequently, copiously, and call me in the morning to share the buoyancy.