Don't Worry, Be Happy
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All of this war stuff can make anyone a little anxious. But what if I told you that you owe it to your own health not to worry, and be happy?
I kid you not.
USA Today reports on a study put out today by the American Psychosomatic Society that says simply, happy people live longer than sad people.
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It's true. After following 866 adults with heart disease for more than a decade it turns out the happy adults were 20 percent more likely to outlast their equally ill, but dour, counterparts. Some of those happy-go-lucky ones live years longer.
Now it could be that unhappy, isolated people are less inclined to take their medicines or eat healthy. But this much is borne out: Cheerful patients are better patients, less concerned with themselves, more concerned with the world around them.
They smile more, laugh more and joke more.
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They know what ails them physically but they won't let it ail them mentally.
I've always said you have two choices in life: Be miserable, or be happy.
There are plenty of reasons to be either. A lot of people call me a Pollyanna for being upbeat.
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But I know, in my head, I'm right. And now, in my heart, I know as well.
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