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Lenny Ravich, “Humor as Psychotherapy. Amusing incidents on the path to enlightenment."
Somehow the gaze itself settled on this book. And the hand itself reached for her. And I noticed that I now lack the strength to calmly overcome the difficulties that arise one after another. Only one difficulty I try to get used to and digest it in order to look for opportunities to solve it, as a new one arises and like an avalanche - the third, fourth … Well, the truth is, there is also good, besides this. And it gives strength to cope with difficulties. And yet there is not enough strength, so the perception pulled out this particular book, in which I always, when I read, I find strength for myself. And I get inspiration.
Lenny Ravich's book, when I first read it, made a lasting impression on me. I haven't laughed heartily for a long time, as reading it. At the same time, Lenny wrote about rather sad and tragic events. And I was fascinated by the way he humorously described it. This shocked me. And inspired and inspired to follow his example.
But at first I was very surprised that he offered to laugh at the most tragic and painful situations. I wondered: “How so? After all, laughing and laughing at your feelings is protection. And why specifically create this protection instead of living your real feelings? And at the same time I thought about why not use this way to cope with difficulties and gain more strength for this through laughter?
The way Lenny feels about his life is interesting and encouraging.
I want to quote almost the entire book, there are so many funny situations in it that Lenny skillfully describes. And I was faced with the fact that I could not reprint the whole book, and I would have to choose something.
And for a start, I stopped at these two passages.
I liked this first passage that I quoted because it showed the value of humor in life. And it describes an approach to problems as opportunities.
Any challenge can be viewed as an opportunity for growth.
And it's great!
Both the first and second quotations show a visual situation in which difficulties are perceived by a person as opportunities.
Viktor Frankl in a concentration camp and an insurance agent are transforming a problem into an opportunity.
I really liked this view of problems and their transformation, which greatly, in my opinion, makes life easier and easier.
And I really want to learn this!
How do you like this attitude to problems?
And here are the quotes themselves.
“Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust victim and author of The Man in Search of Meaning, wrote that the Nazis could take away from him absolutely anything, except for one thing - his freedom to react to what was happening as he pleased. He chose to treat the concentration camp as an opportunity, not as a tragedy, and was able to develop and become stronger as a result, instead of considering himself a victim and giving in. He chose life and lived to tell about it.
If we look at life and ourselves in this light, then no matter what happens to us, good or bad, all these are new opportunities for growth and development. Frankl saw a sense of humor as part of the human capacity for self-transcendence.
I shared this wisdom with a doctor who studied with me at the Gestalt Institute. “Anthony,” I said, “if you replace the word problem with the word opportunity, it’s a lot easier. There are no problems in life, only opportunities. At that moment, he received a message on his pager. “I have to go,” he exclaimed, “the ambulance is suddenly full of opportunities.”
The Oscar-winning film Life Is Beautiful features the story of a father defending his son in a Nazi camp, portraying the whole situation as a game. He explains to his son that the game is based on scoring and that the fastest and most diligent gets more points, and at the end of the game the winner will get a tank as a prize. Of course, the child believes his father, and at the end of the film, the boy is taken from the camp in a tank. The moral that I took from the film is that you get exactly what you think you deserve."
“… I love the story of an overly sensitive insurance agent who, when trying to sell insurance to a prospect, took every no as a personal insult. However, he soon noticed that after every nine people who refused, the tenth would definitely buy insurance from him. Consequently, he noticed that this tenth client made him $ 2,500 richer. So he pushed the cap to the side and chose a new way to react that allowed him to say “thank you” for $ 250 to every customer who refused, so why not thank the nine people who contributed? Even if their answer was no. It was better than feeling rejected."
Who is Lenny Ravich, you ask?
This is a gestalt therapy from Israel. He is a Master of Psychology. At the time of the book's publication in 2014, he was 77 years old. He travels the world talking about his approach to life with humor.
His goal is to make the world happier and more lethargic by the power of his optimism and mood.
"… Lenny travels the world giving seminars and lectures on" How to increase self-esteem and make life happier with humor and laughter. "With his unbending optimism, he has already helped many people to look at the world in a new way.
In this colorful and engaging book, Ravich will show you how to enjoy life and transform negative emotions into exciting new experiences of self-discovery."
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