http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/09/19/optimism-part-one.aspxOptimism may be good for your health. Patients who had positive expectations about their recuperation usually had a good recovery. There is scientific evidence that when patients have positive thoughts and expect to recover well, they usually do . ThisenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)