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souvenirs from the space-time continuum

Wired News: Happiness Is the Best Medicine

"Other studies have shown a connection between happiness and longevity. In 2001, Deborah Danner, at the University of Kentucky's Center for Gerontology, analyzed the handwritten autobiographies of 180 nuns of mean age 22, and compared the positive emotional content of the writings with the nuns' health six decades later. It turns out that sisters who used words like 'joy' and 'thankful' lived up to 10 years longer than did those who expressed negative emotions."

Scientists will continue to look for proof. It may be best for me, and you, to simply "be happy".