Writing from tha article The Wisdom Years.
The difference between two article I read was what cause made our lives longer.
The reading from the text book puts its concentrate on the state of mind. It compares two emotions; optimistic, and pessimistic feeling. Optimistic people live longer than pessimistic people because they can recover from diseases faster and has minor chances to get diseases. Thus people who tninks positive in everything can live longer.
On the other hand, the article The Wisdom Years mentions improvement of hygiene made our life longer. Also, medical treatments are spreading to many people. Thus, not only our emotions made our life longer, but medical treatments support us.