Reaction is the key word here. You cannot control the events or circumstances of your life, but you can control your reactions. And controlling those reactions is the difference between healthy minds and bodies and sick minds and bodies. Here are just a few statistics confirming that 75 to 98 percent of mental and physical illness comes from one’s thought life: • A study by the American Medical Association found that stress is a factor in 75 percent of all illnesses and diseases that people suffer