The entire body registers a joyful thought instantly, altering its composition at a level where communication between all portions of the body is instantaneous. Hormonal output changes, blood sugar levels rise or fall, and complex chemical balances are altered. Memories that activate codes and release potentials are aroused, and vice versa.
The body actually thrives on positive psychological energy in the same way that plants thrive on sunlight. The body's food is literally the energy of positive expectations and joy. Take away sunny thoughts and insert a bleak outlook for the future, or a loss of hope and dreams, and the same thing that happens to a plant when it is put in the shade will happen to the human body—literally. This is a large part of the reason why children often access more energy than adults do. Their belief systems do not block access to or utilization of the positive enabling energy within the spirit.