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FORTY-SOMETHING FOREVER: A LONGEVITY PRIMER - MORE NATURAL RESOURCES: FEED YOUR SOUL - ‘MOOD’ MEDECINE

Be more trusting.
A fifteen-year study at Duke University makes it clear that trusting individuals are significantly less prone to premature death than the mistrustful.
Try the 'Laughing Cure'.
Long before Norman Cousins' testified to the life-saving benefits of a 'laugh-a-day', old-timey health experts recognized the connection between laughing and health. In the 1800's American physicians advised: "Indulge in good, hearty, soulful laughter at stated periods and when the opportunity offers, and it will send new tides of life and good health to the person." In recent years, laugh researchers such as Dr. William Fry have confirmed the health-promoting aspects of enjoying a good laugh.
Pleasuring yourself pays off. Everywhere science looks, they find new evidence there's no better prescription for good health and longevity than enjoying life every day just as it comes.
For one thing, enjoying life fully strengthens the desire to live, which in turn increases your commitment to life-promoting activities and encourages you to give up life-damaging habits.
Put another way, those who find life unenjoyable, and thus feel they have less to live for, tend not to start longterm projects - career goals, friendships, develop new hobbies and skills - that in turn, makes life even less fulfilling and enjoyable.
So where do you go from here?
Enjoy yourself. Read the books that intrigue you. See the movies that sound entertaining. Listen to your favorite music.
Avoid people who grate on your nerves. Goof off when you feel like it. When you talk to yourself - (we all do it all the time) - take care to tell yourself good things.
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