Wired says Happiness Is the Best Medicine. Obvious yes (and now i don't have to worry about admitting that large breasts make me happy), but also fascinating:
"We learned that the patients with higher levels of spirituality or higher levels of religiosity may have a significantly slower progression of cognitive decline," said Kaufman.The new work may help to demystify the effect of spirituality or religion.
"There is some evidence that religious beliefs help people cope with the stresses and strains of life," said Steptoe, "so this could be linked with the same processes that we have studied."
Marmot concurred. "Our research shows that psychological processes have profound biological effects," he said. "Spirituality can be one example of how the brain, acting through its connections with the neuroendocrine system, can have important effects."
"Higher levels of religiosity"? A typical boring secular scientist term for "closer to God" - and don't get me wrong, i'm not saying all scientists are boring and secular (case in point). This should be blindingly obvious to any Christian... it's not hard to see why Christians are happier, when you see the promises we have :-)
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; "proudly South African")
Amen and Amen Dukie!!! :)
The joy of the Lord is out strength and our song. The word also tells us why light a lamp and put it in the cupboard?