Some friends, co-workers and I have been fighting various illnesses this winter. At the office, different cold strains seem to get passed around. Sniffles, stomach bugs, headaches, sinus pressure, the usual winter ailments. I know some people who will go to great lengths to stay healthy, and others that would rather enjoy life. It made me wonder what some people in the past have noted about health.
"He had had much experience of physicians, and said "the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not." - Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)
“Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.” - Charles Caleb Colton
How much of illness do you think is just in your head?
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