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This was posted on a forum I am a member of, and I thought it worth sharing.

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I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

This is from the BBC News website today, and makes interesting reading about what the human mind is possible of - especially for children.

Children can be taught to use their imagination to tackle frequent bouts of stomach pain, research shows.

I was told this story the other day. What are your thoughts?

I don't know who the original author of this is, but I saw it on a forum that I belong too, and have unashamedly pinched it to share with you. It made me chuckle, but also think how true some of it is. What do you think?

Regina Brett who is a columnist for The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Ohio, wrote this list a few years ago, and then republished when she turned 50 years old. Regina said, "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written."
 

I enjoyed reading what she had to say, and thought I'd share it with you, in the same way it has been shared with me.

Interesting how after all the research done on the subject, we don’t really know what the key to happiness is. It would seem that we can’t just put it down to one or two things, but it looks like we might be getting closer to knowing … This article from Psychology Today explains the latest findings.

Here's a new twist on the 'money doesn't make you happy' senario from Startribune.com. It would certainly stand to reason that experiences have the possibility to make us happier, simply because memories last longer than material things generally - but do they need to be 'good' experiences? I suppose they do ...

With so much bad press for video games and the people who partake in them, this article from Miller-McCune makes a refreshing change.

If violent video games encourage violent behavior, as a series of studies suggests, do prosocial games — those that reward helpful behavior — inspire players to act in more constructive, cooperative ways? A newly published paper, featuring studies of three different age groups in three different countries, suggests the answer is yes.