Mind-body research (psychoneuroimmunology) has show that negative thoughts produce stress hormones. Optimistic thoughts cause the release of endorphins and other beneficial brain chemicals causing good feelings. What we think determines how we feel.
Thoughts of three historical figures underscore the psychoneuroimmunology research findings:
- Napoleon who had power, riches, and glory said, “I have never known six happy days in my life.“
- Helen Keller, rendered blind and deaf from childhood meningitis, declared, “I have found life so beautiful. ”
- The blind poet, Milton, wrote, “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. “
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