Discuss “Positive emotions could mean less chance of illness”

Seeing a glass of water as half-empty or half-full has become somewhat of a cliched piece of folklore today.

Regardless of how much of it you drink each day, the way you look at a glass of water could say a lot about how healthy you are, or will be later on in life.

But even with the lack of a “correct” answer, the science behind positive thinking is beginning to show that there may be a “healthy” answer to the drinking-glass test.

Happy people can live healthier lives than their moody counterparts. Happiness, or positive emotion, can actually “medicate” people against certain ailments. But aside from depression medication — which is obviously intended for use only by those who truly need it — there are no real “happy pills”...