Mike Slaughter from Ginghamsburg church says that there are five factors that contribute to longivity. These are attitude, relationships, genes, mental activity, exercise and diet.   

Yesterday I talked a bit about attitude.  Did you know that people who have faith live longer than those who don’t?  Faith not only makes us live longer, but gives us a better quality of life.  Stress on the other hand does damage to our immune systems, makes cells deteriorate faster, and makes us age more quickly. 

Our prayer class (Thursday at 1pm) has found a way to reduce daily stress and practice daily prayer is to log onto http://sacredspace.ie/  This is a website run by Irish Jesuits that takes you through a ten minute meditation and prayer daily-- right here on your computer.  Try it in the mornings before the day gets hectic.   It’s a discipline that will indeed adjust your attitude and give you peace for the day ahead. 

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