Thursday, January 29, 2004

Nurture your spirit and live longer...

A health letter from the Mayo Clinic recently suggested ways to improve your chances of living to 100.

Good genes help. However, among the lifestyle factors in play, the letter emphasized the importance of spirituality. "Nurture your spirit, no matter what you call your source of inspiration,'' it said.

It seems everywhere you look, someone is talking about spirituality. And it's not just coming from predictable sources such as the Mayo Clinic, which traces part of its history to the Sisters of St. Francis. It even comes from Hollywood, with Madonna, for example, writing children's books derived from Jewish mysticism, and from films, such as Mel Gibson's upcoming The Passion of the Christ.

Go here to read more. (This is a very interesting article.)

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