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Recently NBC News reported on a fascinating study that was completed at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore, and at six other convents around the U.S.
After reviewing the short autobiographies of 678 nuns, they found that those who used the most "positive" words lived on average 10 years longer than nuns expressing more negative emotions.
"If we hope, we cope. If we dont, we mope!"" says Sister Genevieve Kunkel.
"Don't look back on the past," she advises, "It's very dear, but it's darn dead."
At 96, Sister Kunkel has never had a major health problem, and only recently started using a cane.
Task: Watch your words today!
Are you using positive, empowering, can do language, or negative, draining, disempowering words?
Choose the latter and watch your life transform over time.
Words truly have transformative power.
Posted by Kevin Kelly at
May 1, 2007 06:57 AM