In the last week, was your circle of influence happy? If so, share your story and spr

[CBC News]

Happiness is contagious, and the more people you know who are full of good cheer, the more likely it is that you're also happy, a study of our social connections suggests.

Happiness was assessed based on scores for four statements:

"I feel hopeful about the future."
"I am happy."
"I enjoy life."
"I feel that I am just as good as other people."
The 60 per cent of people who gave high scores to all four statements were rated as happy, and the rest as unhappy.

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In the last week, was your circle of influence happy? If so, share your story and spread some happiness.



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[GreenFish66]

Happiness is the only way to move positively forward...Or is that ..In order to be happy you must move postively forward....Hmmm....Same difference I guess!..lol

 

[talloola]

happiness, joy, positive attitude, love and a joyful look into the future is the only
way to 'produce' good memories.

 

[Vereya]

Each happy friend boosts your own happiness by nine per cent, the researchers suggest. On the other hand, having grumpy friends decreased the chances by about seven per cent.

I have often noticed this to be true. Surrounding yourself with happy and positive people does boost your own happiness, while hanging around with unhappy losers does the opposite. And so the question arises - do you think it worth your while to make people around you happy, to try and pull them out of some sadness or depression they are sinking into? I mean, after you exhaust yourself doing it, what are the chances that they will share some of the happiness you helped to gain with you? And if they don't, how are you to recuperate after you've put a lot of what was in you into another person?

In other words, after you bring joy to other people, how often do you get joy brought to you?

 

[Cliffy]

Happiness is a state of mind. It should not require others to be happy or to bring it to you. You can be happy just by deciding to be. I have a trick I do if I should feel myself slipping into a sad or depressed mood. I walk into the bathroom and make stupid faces at myself in the mirror. Takes about 5 seconds to turn my whole day around.

As for others... that depends if they want to wallow in self pity or not. Some people are just hell bent on being miserable. If someone is morning the loss of someone or thing, then let them know you are there for them but do not climb int their hole with them. Offer a hand out but if you join them, you might just get left behind when they decide to climb out.