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Mar 10, 2006

"Could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy." --Kahlil Gibran

The Miracle of Positive Thinking

Wake Forest University researchers found in a recent study that positive thinking reduced activity in parts of the brain that process pain information, and was as powerful as an actual shot of morphine in relieving the pain.