How to Humor Your Stress | Loretta LaRoche | TEDxNewBedford

a long time, as I said before. We will all go somewhere else. Enjoy it. It is not necessary to be a perfectionist in everything. It is not necessary to be a martyr. You don't have to be a control freak. Tamp it down. I've never walked through a cemetery and said, "I did everything. I died anyway." (Laughs) And if nothing I said works, I love it, it's a great metaphor. Do you want to go crazy? Get a whip. Use it when you wake up in the morning. Start right off with: "Oh, it's raining. (Laughter) Oh, I'm so swollen. (Laughter) Oh, am I still married to you?" (Laughs) Take it to work.

There are people there who you know were brought in to bother you. Go up to them and say, "I was fine until I saw you." (Laughter) Now they have given up their power and lost their sense of

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. So I hope they go out into the world, especially tonight, because some people will start coming in as soon as they leave: "Oh, it's dark. (Laughter) Oh my God! It's got dark! (Laughter) Can you believe it? he?" No, I didn't believe it until you told me. Now I know. (Laughs) "And where is the car? Can we find it?" "No, tonight we are going to sleep here on the sidewalk." (Laughs) Ha ha ha ha!

You have to see how funny it is. You really do. It's the best revenge, friends. And it's a wonderful connection because when you can laugh at

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self, it shows

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humility. And it really creates connection with all of us. Because we are all vulnerable, right? We are all vulnerable. Thank you so much. I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful rest of your life. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause) (Cheers) Thank you. (Applause)