LAFOLOT

Wow! What a day of Xtreme, Xtra-special Synchronicity!

After 3 attempts, my MOBILE LAFOLOT – HEALTHY HAPPY HOUR event produced visible success! YES! The backed-up, rush hour traffic gave me plenty of willing participants with whom to share Healthy SMILES and some LAUGHS!

I even sold a ME! T-shirt to a local business man walking by; as well as had a DRIVE THRU inquirer to WHAT was I ALL ABOUT?

The irony about the drive thru soul was; he was taking a balloon home for his teen daughter’s birthday; and had just come from a work event where they received t-shirts that had the words: KEEP SMILING written on the upper back!
I gave him a Stress Reliever Pinwheel, my TIME TO LAUGH game sheets (one for his teen daughter) and my SMILE Campaign game sheet.

Some folks rolled down their car windows to share a big, bright smile!
Some folks smiled, waved, nodded or beeped as they drove by!
It was WONDERFUL, HEALTHY interaction for their drive home after a day at work or school!

THEN! Here’s the Xtreme synchronicity part! I had stopped at a local grocery store earlier in the day to get approval to Camcord – Grocery Aisle Dancing – for The Levity Project’s latest micro-movement. I specifically asked if a fun, fan, cashier worker named ‘Anika’ would be working that evening. The courtesy desk wasn’t sure but said I was welcome to come back.

XTREME SYNCHRONICITY! As I had on my turn signal to turn left through non-stop, busy traffic to get to the store – an SUV stopped and a hand waved at me to ‘go ahead’.

After I turned, the SUV followed behind me into the grocery store parking lot.

I found a PERFECT close parking spot near the entrance and the SUV had to park farther away. I got out, opened my back car door to get out some LAFOLOT Smiley Face Bookmarks to give to anyone who would be willing to DANCE WITH ME in the AISLES. I also had my camcorder with me.

As I closed the car door – who is walking towards me in the parking lot?
ANIKA! The fun, fan, of LAFOLOT Cashier! She was NOT in her work clothes!
I LOOKED IN AMAZEMENT! I said: ‘I can’t believe this! I came here SPECIFICALLY to find out if you were working!’ I said: ‘It’s GREAT you aren’t in your work uniform so there are no restrictions!’

I explained the project to her and she was ALL FOR THE GROCERY STORE AISLE DANCING. I asked her if she minded if it was just the two of us if we couldn’t find anyone else? – No problem! [Here's the video!]

XTREME SYNCRONICITY NO. 2 – She was with her dad! He didn’t want to dance, but he agreed to be the videographer!

HOW PERFECTLY, SYNCHRONISTICALLY, BEAUTIFUL WAS IT ALL?

My wish is that you – AND I – can see the BEAUTY of SYNCHRONICITY in ALL days – no matter what!

Blessing to all that come across this blog -

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Truly – Living Life in A-MAZE-MENT!
Live Life! Laugh Often!
www.lafolot.com

OK – so if you take acting classes – you learn to find personal thoughts, feelings, and mannerisms to take on an ‘on stage’ persona to make the character believable to the audience.

Many performers, sportsmen/women, singers, actors all do this to bring about the best enjoyment for their audiences. Think of Mohammed Ali and most recently Beyonce’ who noted: ‘takes on the persona of a character known as Sasha Fierce’ when on stage.

Well, there is a positive, healthy way to make use of this in everyday life. I’m not talking about denying your feelings and not being in touch with reality. There are just times when ‘ACTING AS IF’ can help to take you from Gloomy Gus mode to a more positive outlook mode.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE bicycle riding, the challenge of conquering a steep hill and then WHOOOOOSH! feeeeeeling the reward by flying down the other side of the hill; especially on country roads with little traffic.

I was driving up, down, up, down a curvy, fun road today – it’s a BEAUTIFUL weather day in late September. Car windows open, breeze flowing in through the windows, sun shining – I was DRIVING MYSELF HAPPY!

Then, I thought of a FUN Name! and Alternate Persona to FIT the moment!

PHUN RIDINGWEATHER! At that moment, in the car, with a smile on my face, in my heart and in my soul – I WAS – PHUN RIDINGWEATHER!

So to add a new pitch to the ACT AS IF or FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT philosophy – take it a step further and get in touch with your: James Bond, Sasha Fierce, Alice Cooper or whoever you wish to dream up and let out!

On a cold, winter day – wanting a beautiful Spring or Summer drive – without even leaving my home – I can get in touch with the PHUN PHEELINGS AND PHABULOUS HEART AND SOUL WARMING character known as PHUN RIDINGWEATHER.

‘Go on and take a free ride…yeah yeah yeah yeah …’ It’s all in how you choose to FEEL. It’s all about CHOICE. You know, you can also use this method for dealing with overpowering personalities in the workplace or other areas of everyday life!

Feeling mousy? Imagine yourself taller, in a power business suit and taking on Donald Trump! Then go in and talk to your boss about that raise! For example.

Just THINK of all the ways you can apply it in your life!

Feeling groovy … just kickin’ back on the cobblestones…
PHUN RIDINGWEATHER [see her in action, at this You Tube video!]
a.k.a. Highlighted, Healthy, Hollywood, Healing, Happenin’, Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Stay Sweet!
Live Life! Laugh Often!
Live Life in AMazement!
Live BOLD and in ITALICS!
www.lafolot.com

Sometimes, you don’t have a lot of control over a situation and using humor to diffuse anger, frustration, anxiety helps release the tension and bring peace, relaxation and good health back to your body.

There’s a sweet doggie across the road. Since he’s gotten to know me, he doesn’t bark at me anymore. But he barks a lot – so I WROTE THIS SONG!

Ode to Woody

MY NAME, IS WOODY MCBARKEN!
I LOVE TO BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK ALL DAY LONG!
MY NAME, IS WOODY MCBARKEN!
SO YA BETTER JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG!
I LOVE TO BARK BARK BARK, YOU CAN SEE THAT’S NOT A LARK
‘CAUSE MY NAME – IS WOODY MCBARKEN
I LOVE TO BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK, BARK
ALL DAY LONNNNNNNG! *woof!

When life gets rough or brings you lemons –
turn it around with a silly song
and soon you’re body, mind, mental and emotional state will be
Back IN TUNE!

LIVE LIFE! LAUGH OFTEN!
Keep living life – and when all else fails – laugh off the stress in a healthy way!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
www.lafolot.com

10 minutes later – Update: LOL! At myself!
I write a silly song, write a silly blog – couldn’t figure out why the recycle truck was was sitting outside my place engine running running running – After 10 min and my cats besides themselves … I go out – see that the Recycle guy is inside the Barking Dog Woman’s front porch – sipping coffee – while her dog barks incessantly and the truck engine running. I ask him if there’s a problem or could he turn off his truck engine? He apologizes and leaves – I tell her to grow up and get dog training to learn how to train her dog. SHE JUST STANDS THERE AND SMILES. *sigh … need to forgive myself for getting so worked up. Let me go read my silly song, again. oy vey! That’s why I say – I teach what I need to learn! Live Life! Laugh Often!

I decided to head out to Harrisburg PA’s riverfront park for the WOOFStock festival. It’s ‘Gone To The Dogs!’ I tell ya’! HA HA

I started to joke around with people as I walked up the riverfront path towards the festival. I held my arm out in front of me and said: ‘I’m walking my invisible dog, ‘BLANK.’ One woman said, as she walked by with her miniature dogs, ‘You’ll have a lot less trouble handling YOUR dog!’ LOL!

As I got to the entrance, about 6 teenage kids were sitting on a cement wall. I said: ‘Would you like to meet my invisible dog, ‘BLANK?’

The one girl said: ‘Get him off me! Get him off me! He’s trying to bite me!’ (Jokingly, of course)
One boy said: ‘Hey! He’s trying to take my food!’ LOL!

I laughed, and smiled and said: ‘GEEZ! Isn’t he doing anything positive or fun?’ LOL!

So I got my LAFOLOT Smiley face, positive statement bookmarks out and asked them if they’d each like one? I figured if they’re in school, they could use them.

They excitedly jumped up and each wanted one! One particular ‘young man’ *smile -
came right up to me to get one!

The one girl was so nice, she said: ‘Oh, I got two!’ I said: ‘That’s OK you can give one to someone else!’ She decided to keep it and smiled. I then asked the others if they wanted another one, THEY ALL DID!
Gotta LOVE thise bunch of TEENS! They were FUN, PLAYFUL, AND POLITE! As well as OPEN to interacting in a fun, healthy way! Very creative minded!

So then I told them I was a laughter leader and asked them how to say HELLO in Hawaiian? We did the ALOOOOHAAAAAA laugh! They did it freely and easily with me! I thanked them for ‘laughing and playing’ with me and continued walking my invisible dog: ‘BLANK’ LOL!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT and her laughing dog – BLANK
out and about at WOOFStock -
Live Life! Laugh Often! and as they say: WAG MORE – BARK LESS
www.lafolot.com

Even with the beautiful weather, I was in a ‘ho hum’ mood, so I was thrilled to have a chance to DRIVE MYSELF HAPPY when I stepped out for some groceries (always a fun place to MINGLE!)

At the stop light near the store entrance, I saw a Sports Fan’s personalized license plate in front of me:

NYY GBAY (guess they may be a New York Yankees and Green Bay Packers Fan!)

Then, the car in front and in the left lane to me, had a personalized license plate that read:

JLRYLDY (Jewelry Lady – guess she liked making or wearing jewelry!)

So, thanks to the opportunity to DRIVE MYSELF HAPPY and get out of my ‘ho hum’ mood!

I got to apply my former profession technical support expertise by helping the head cashier and quick checkout cashier troubleshoot a system problem. They thought it was a debit card problem, I noticed it was a problem with slowing down during calculating customer savings and not noting them on the sales slip. A JOB WELL DONE BY HA HA HELEN, DON’T MENTION IT, GLAD I COULD HELP! HA HA

Speaking of humor vs. laughter. I saw an ambulance parked at the store on the way out. I turned to ‘JOKE’ (keep in mind humor is SUBJECTIVE) with a man walking out near me (turned out I knew him!) – saying: Guess someone had a heart attack when they saw the prices! – and I laughed. He agreed and smiled.

Then! I caught myself and said: ‘Oh! That’s not funny at all.’ He agreed. I said: ‘It’s more like dark humor.’ He agreed. Then, he said: ‘I was thinking it was the food!’ I laughed and said: ‘Yes, bad indigestion, that’s all it was!’

So a chance to practice my profession and note the difference between laughter wellness and humor. What one person finds funny, could trigger a negative response in another, due to personal life experiences. Ah! Ha!

As I drove off in my car, I noted the time on my car’s digital clock read: 3:10pm It was a HA HA HELEN OF LAFOLOT – ‘TIME TO LAUGH!’ – upside down and backwards it’s OLE’ – the Spanish Cheer! Translating it to a laugh as: OLE’ HEY! HEY! HEY! ha ha ha ha

So from ‘ho hum’ to ‘ut oh!’ or oops! to OLE’ Hey! Hey Hey! I was having a HEALTHY day!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Living Life! and Laughing Often!
never know when it’s TIME TO LAUGH
or DRIVE YOURSELF HAPPY
and always good to SPREAD SMILES BY THE MILES!
www.lafolot.com

I made the choice of taking an early, early retirement and living off a very limited income in February of 2008. I decided to start my own business due to my SCHOOL OF LIFE lessons and big AH HA! moment causing me to SHIFT my Perception of my Life and Personal Awareness.

Part of my growth, for the 10 years prior, was to get familiar with 12 Step Programs which involved letting go of anger and frustration with my personal awareness of a GOD. Suggestions came at me to ‘pick my own name’ for my higher power. At one point it was G.U.S. (Guidance, Understanding and Support), it then grew to WILSON (named after the friendly, kind-hearted, always ready with the helpful advice) neighbor on the sitcom HOME IMPROVEMENT. You never saw his face, but he always helped worked out their questions and problems – even if they had trouble interpreting what he was conveying.

Fastforward to September 2010. I am now into MOSEY-ING (is that a word) at my MOBILE Park. I’ve chosen over the years to release more and more material possessions, downsize and release physical as well as emotional baggage.

Lately, I’ve been jokingly saying I’m taking my lifestyle from the ANDY GRIFFITH show. As I was out in the beautiful weather, blue sky, upper 70s (fahrenheit), crickets chirping ‘Weed Whacka HA HA HAing’ my mini-lawn – I thought: I think I’ll rename my higher power ANDY GRIFFITH. HAHAHAHa

What did Andy do when ‘car thieves’ came to Mayberry R.F.D? Well the crooks didn’t know there was only one main road in and out of town. Andy just got in his patrol car, took a back road – and while the car thieves were racing to get out of town – Sherriff Andy was just Sitting on the hood of his car – waiting for them to come to him – since it was the only way out of town.

No stress, no worry, just calm, collected easy-going thinking – addressing the problem (was there a problem to him?) head on.

So, as I weed-whacka-ha ha ha’d my yard and started to clean up. I’ve started to sit on my freshly mowed/whacked lawn, I slowly, easily, no stress start to coil the verrrrry long, outdoor extension cord. I love that everytime I go to reuse it, it unravels easily.

When I did technical support, I saw how FAST technology was progressing. I feel there is good to technology; but that NOW – it’s nice to ‘take the Andy Griffith’ approach and kick back, slowly doing a task like winding the power cord neatly back into place.

I am enjoying doing things MORE SLOWLY and METHODICALLY – SMILING as I do them –
grateful for my mind which helps me to untangle the cord when it does get tangled.
grateful for the ability to weed whack my own yard -
grateful for the mind and physical ability to UNPLUG and work at untangling the weed wacking cord if I haven’t put it back together properly when checking the line feed.

Just like washing dishes by hand, and getting to watch the birds and butterflies outside my kitchen window, little tasks can take on CALMING effects and help to take a break from the FAST PACED technology zooming by us, today.

Just like ANDY GRIFFITH on Mayberry R.F.D. – taking time to SMILE at another driver at an intersection and DRIVE MYSELF and OTHERS happy – helping to deal with road rage, and getting them to get off a cell phone or stop texting –

ANDY GRIFFITH, WILSON, or whatever/whoever you call your Higher Power would enjoy MOSEY-ING at my mobile park, too – I’d like to think. *smile

Have a pleasant day, turn off the cell phone, toss it in the back seat while you drive, and stop and smile at someone at a large, traffic light intersection.

Mentally sitting on my porch, rocking and widdling and singing the Mayberry R.F.D. theme song …

Highlighted Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Stay Sweet!
Live life in A-MAZE-Ment – it’s how it’s meant to be lived – I think…
What do YOU think?
www.lafolot.com

Hmmm? How do you get off the Pitty Pot and out of the Pitty Pit?

1) Take a walk and see the beautiful sky I viewed yesterday, while walking to my mailbox! Just had to take this photo!

GLORIOUS Sky by Ha Ha Helen of LAFOLOT

2) Phone a friend – E-mail, works!

3) Read your wonderful e-mails from caring, witty friend, and funny comments shared by your Facebook friends!

4) Get some Healthy Laughing friends, whether they’re CERTIFIABLE, uh I mean Certified Laughter Leaders, like yourself, or not – to LAUGH with you!

5) Send a THANK YOU and note of gratitude for the laughter, smiles, and comments of concern to ALL.

6) Take a photo of your pretty plate of THAI food at lunch, and cause those around you at the restaurant to smile and laugh with you as you do so!

Ha Ha Helen's THAI Lunch

So, how do you get out of the Pitty Pot Pit? With all the Love, Gratitude, Compliments, Comments, Silliness and Laughter POURING into the PIT; you can’t HELP but FLOAT to the top and get SCOOPED out by all the LOVE!

Thanks to ALL!

Ha Ha ‘HUMAN AFTER ALL’ Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Live Life! Laugh Often!
www.lafolot.com

Just a short and sweet note!

Went for soup/salad special at Olive Garden Restaurant after church –
got sat at the PERFECT TABLE! Table Number 55! The Hostess announced!

HA HA I said! They know me- so I reminded them that 5 pronounced in Thai is HA – so I was seated at table HA HA! for Ha Ha Helen! ahahaha

I happened to glance at the ‘family’ dining at the table across from me and SMILED as I did so. The ‘mom’ instantly REFLECTED my SMILE! HA HA – one Ha Ha Helen’s Smile Campaign point! (I gave her a bookmark when they were finished eating and told her about my game.)

When I left the restaurant and walked to my car, I saw a Personalize License Plate:

1WITYRN

I kept looking at it and thought about it as I walked and it finally came to me! ONE WITTY R.N.! HA HA!

Lots of HA HAs during THAT outing! 55, Smile and Driving Myself Happy all in one! Woo hoo!

Happy HA HA day to YOU, too!

BEWARE! I’ve got a SMILE and I KNOW how to USE it!

This is HA HA Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT – making a suggestion to help your daily people passing experiences (PPEs) by FLASHING a SMILE!

For health reasons: A SMILE works better than a HANDSHAKE because it doesn’t spread germs or colds!

For confrontational meetings: It softens the expectations of the recipient of your request!

For Healing Reasons: A SMILE can instantly warm a heart/soul and make a person’s brain respond in a happy, healthy way – sending warm/fuzzy healing feelings within and without!

A SMILE warms the giver and the receiver!

Watch my latest mini HA HA Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT motivational/inspirational moment called: ‘SMILE at the OK Corral!’

I’ve got a SMILE BADGE and I KNOW how to use it!

SPREAD THOSE SMILES BY THE MILES!
DRIVE YOURSELF HAPPY!
LIVE LIFE! LAUGH OFTEN!
Ha Ha Helen of LAFOLOT
www.lafolot.com

HA HA Helen of LAFOLOT and Amazing Anna!

WOW! Life’s events never cease to amaze me!
[If my computer wouldn't have unexpectedly shut down -
If I wouldn't have left my house to drive to a new local diner -
If the diner wouldn't have told me they just had a power outage (fire trucks were rushing to the scene of an accident)]
If I wouldn’t have decided to head up the road in the other direction to Olive Garden Restaurant -

I wouldn’t have MET – AMAZING ‘HEALTHY LAUGHER’ ANNA!
[who was sitting outside the restaurant with her large-numbered party - FAMILY - for a 50th birthday celebration.]

As I was exiting the restaurant, a woman RETURNED my SMILE [there's my SMILE CAMPAIGN POINT!] I shuffled through my Yellow, Smiley Face bookmarks for one that had a comment about smiles; so I could reward her. I gave her one that said: ‘Smiles Spread Sunny Feelings all over the World!’

I told her she had just given me a POINT by returning my smile. She BEAMED!
Don’t you remember me? Aren’t you the woman that came to Bethany Towers for the laughter stuff?

WOW! I found out her name was ANNA. Anna had only ever attended ONE of my HEALTHY HAPPY HOUR Laughter Club events at a senior apartment building that allowed me to use it’s cafeteria in exchange for residents attending for free.

Anna proceded to tell me she couldn’t come back because of her Hernia.

BUT! She told me: ‘YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE I WENT TO YOUR LAUGHTER SESSION, I CAN NOW BEND AND TOUCH MY TOES!’

She proceeded to tell me: My friends and I do the Cell Phone Laugh all the time, when we are out and about!

She kept calling out to her family members, telling them to ‘COME OVER HERE, THIS IS THE LADY I TOLD YOU ABOUT, THE ONE ABOUT THE LAUGHTER!’ Then, she’d have me demonstrate.

So there we were, laughing smiling, some family members looking at us like we were nuts, but Anna was SO THRILLED to be able to introduce HA HA HELEN SZOLLOSY OF LAFOLOT to her family! I had no problem obliging!

I asked Anna if I could take her photo. She not only gave me permission to take the photo, she gave me permission to put it out on the net.

Here she is! AMAZING ANNA – who FIRMLY BELIEVES the LAUGHTER has now given her body the ability to allow her to bend over and touch her toes!

I salute lovely, amazing Anna – and thank her SO MUCH for the GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT and sharing her family, story and time with me!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Live Life! Laugh Often! …and maybe you’ll be able to touch YOUR toes, too!
Stay Sweet!
Spread those SMILES by the MILES!
www.lafolot.com