Hey it's Friday, possibly the happiest day of the working week as it heralds the weekend. There are even better reasons to be forward looking, optimistic and cheerful however.
A long term study showed that optimistic people live on average 19% longer than pessimists. That's a substantial number of extra years to "lick the lid of life"!
The study examined more than 1100 patients attending the Mayo Clinic in the US between 1960 and 62. Each was asked to complete a personality test which ranked them on optimism. Thirty years later, it was found that the optimists had lived on average 19% longer!
So smile and enjoy your day. Here's a Friday joke to start you off.
A lecturer was in a particularly bad mood and decided to take it out on her students, and so she gave cutting criticism to the recent homework and then said "Would everyone who thinks they are stupid stand up!" At first no one moved but then after a few seconds one student got to his feet. The lecturer turned to him and said "So you are admitting that you are stupid".
"No" he said......"I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself".
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