A British medical journal concluded that happiness is contagious. Researchers tracked over 4,700 people as part of a heart study. They found that happy people tended to have happy friends and relatives. This even spread to friends of friends. So the happiness tended to cluster in these social “groups”.
Happy friends spread the most happiness even more than a happy spouse. This particularly applies to same sex friends, especially women. Of course, they also found that friends make more happiness than does money. Happiness is also spread more consistently than unhappiness. Each friend increases your chance of participating in a happy cluster.
What does it mean during this season of giving? Life is an echo, what you send out comes back!