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Norma is a 90-year-old woman who lives in Michigan; she has had one of the worst years of her life. Not only did she lose her husband, she has also been diagnosed with uterine cancer and only has a few months to live. However, when her doctor asked her whether she would like to have the tumor removed by surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy, Norma said something surprising. She told the doctor that it was more practical for her, a 90-year-old woman, to go on a wonderful trip before undergoing any of those medical procedures.
Her reasoning was very simple. She said that the amount of stress that she had recently been forced to endure had increased her chances of developing cancer, so now she wanted to reduce it. If she only had a few months left to live, then she wanted to do at least something that made her really happy. So Norma went to Disneyland, a place where she could just relax and experience new things. Norma flew in a hot air balloon for the first time, finding it thrilling. She began to change her style of dress, wearing things that made herself and onlookers smile.
She visited the National World War II Museum and felt the panic of fighting in the war. In the Space Center, she spread her arms wide like wings and imagined that she was traveling through space. She tried high-caloric foods that she had never dared to eat before. (Why should she care about high blood pressure now?) She let loose and indulged like a child, drinking multiple glasses of honey beer during an evening.
She embarked on her first road trip, staying as long as she liked in the beautiful river valleys of Arizona. In Yellowstone Park, she was shocked by the beauty of the geological landscape. She experienced the feeling of tranquility that many people enjoy when they visit Jenny Lake at night. She was able to fulfill her goal of enjoying every moment.
Half a year passed, and a miracle happened: her cancer disappeared. She even managed to forget that she had it. Naturally, Norma’s case attracted the attention of the medical community. Research done by the University of South Florida in the United States has found that when people are happy, the heart secretes a hormone called peptide, which can miraculously kill 95 percent of cancer cells within 24 hours. These hormones are equally effective in treating other incurable diseases. The happier one’s mood, the more prolific this cancer-killing hormone will become.
Miracle cures can be achieved without relying on advanced medical treatment. In fact, when people are worried or in pain, the heart almost completely stops secreting this hormone, so surgery and other practices may actually be harmful to one’s health. The Father of Western Medicine, Hippocrates, had a point when he said that it is not the doctor who cured the disease but the human body itself.
Your happiness is worth millions; your satisfaction makes your life. Nothing is worse than losing your joy, not to mention that there are so many lingering and unforgettable things in life. You will instantly know what you have lost when you ruin your health. In order to live a good and long life, you must be strong enough to overcome all of its trials and be happy.
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點燃生命的奇蹟
在美國密西根州，一位90歲高齡的老婦人名叫諾瑪，她經歷著人生最低潮的一年。這一年她不僅失去老伴，更被醫生診斷出她得了子宮癌，而且生命只有幾個月了。然而當醫生詢問她，是以開刀，放射性或者化療等來切除腫瘤的時候，諾瑪的決定讓人感到意外，她對醫生說:”對於一個90歲的人，我想來趟精彩的旅行吧。
可能比任何治療方法都重要，就這樣諾瑪踏上了她的生命之旅。她說這輩子太多的苦惱侵擾過，以致於把她變成這個樣子。苦惱的目的無非是讓她失去快樂，不，不，她要結束這一切，她現在要做的就是給自己，一個快快樂樂的旅程，忘記那些侵擾過她的一切，她要在她最後的時光裡擁有她的快樂。
“讓我開始一個真正屬於我的開心的旅程吧！” 就這樣諾瑪的旅程開始了。她去了狄斯奈樂園，體驗着和孩子一樣的純真和驚奇，諾瑪登上了從未體驗過的熱氣球，讓自己在空中尖叫。她把自己裝扮成各種不同可愛的風格，讓看見她的人瞬間的一笑。
她把自己置身在國家二戰博物館，感受戰爭的驚心動魄，她在太空中心展開雙臂遐想著自己在太空遨遊的奇幻。她嘗試著曾經從來不敢奢望的高熱量的食物，什麼高血壓。管她呢?此刻的她就像孩子般那麼任性。那一飲而盡的蜂蜜啤酒，讓她覺得這玩意兒真不賴。”來給我再來一杯吧！”
她大膽地開始第一次公路旅行，長途跋涉，才懶得去想自己的年齡，她在亞利桑那州欣賞經驗的美麗河谷。在黃石公園被地質景觀的絕美所震撼。在珍妮湖畔前的夜晚感受生命的靜謐與安閑，她的開心一個接著一個。她說:”對於現在的我來說，這一切讓我看到什麼才是最寶貴的，就是每時每刻都要讓時間塞滿我的快樂。”
就這樣諾瑪帶著歡笑與喜悅一路的旅行。半年的時間過去了，癌症的病情逐漸的緩解。她甚至忘記了這件事。這場旅行不僅沒有病痛，反而帶給諾瑪無數快樂的回憶。也讓她對生命有了不一樣的體悟，她透漏自己遠離病痛的秘訣，那就是把時光光變得幸福，用心讓自己快樂。
諾瑪的是案例引起醫學界的關注，美國南佛羅里達大學經過研究發現，人在高興的時候，心臟會分泌一種叫縮氨酸的荷爾蒙，可以神奇的在24小時內，殺死95％以上的癌細胞。這救人一命的荷爾蒙，對其他絕症也有㯌好的治療效果。當人的情緒越高昂，心情越愉悅，這種癌症的剋星荷爾蒙就越充沛。達到不治自癒的生命奇蹟。
相反的，當人處在痛苦擔憂時， 抑郁消極的狀態時，心臟幾乎完全停止分泌這種激素物質。由此，千百年來困擾人類的絕症治癒的這張底牌被徹底地解開了。西醫的鼻祖誒波拉克堤說過並不是醫生治癒了疾病，而是人體自身戰勝的疾病。這是上天送給所有絕望生命的，也是送給人類最後的一件禮物。
你的快樂價值百萬。你的快樂成就你的生命。沒有什麼比失去你的快樂，更糟糕的事了。不要說人生有那麼多揮不去和忘不掉。當你毁掉健康的時候，瞬間會讓你知道自己失去的是什麼，人生有很多的無奈，更需要你學會開心的面對。用心擁抱生活，快樂至上，那才是更好的善待自己，那才是送給自己生命的禮物，更是給自己的生命點燃了一份奇蹟。
