Ruowen Huang

My husband shared this information with me. I thought it may be nice to share with you all...

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Happiness Is Contagious

A happy person within a social circle quickly influences those around him or her to be happy, extending to three degrees of separation. Adam Hinterthuer reports

[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]

Want to live a happier life? Try surrounding yourself with happy friends or at least find friends with happy friends. A study published online December 4th in the British Medical Journal says happiness can quickly go viral within your social network.

Researchers looked at twenty years' worth of data on more than 5,000 individuals and found that when any one person was happy, their friends became more likely to share that joy. Benefits spread out to three degrees of separation, meaning a better chance at happiness for not only their friends' friends, but also their friends' friends' friends.

But don't go thinking your ten thousand buddies on Facebook will bring you happiness. The researchers found that the strength of the effect dissipates over physical distance, with next-door neighbors and friends living nearby getting the biggest boost. Surprisingly, sadness made very little headway within social networks, paling in comparison to the communal effects of happiness. Just in time for the holiday season, scientific proof that it's not the gift that counts—it’s the smile on the face of the friend giving it.

—Adam Hinterthuer

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and here is what I have to say:

Happiness is a very vibrating energy. It radiate and easy to absorb. Mostly because people do not reject happy people. so they are more open to let the energy in. In the other hand, People are sensitive to sadness, too. But most of people will learn to block or shut down themselves before they encounter any negative energy. This is the way people learn to reserve their own energy, and this is also why sadness does not work as well as happiness.

Surround yourself with the energy you are looking for. Do not bury yourself into your own sad stories. If you are looking for motivation, look for some social group that will inspire you. If you are looking for some excitement, surround yourself with some creative, funny people. If you are looking for happiness, create that surrounding for yourself.

But if you are so into your own sad stories. Not only you will not see what's available for your within hand reach, the sadness will also play snow ball effect within you. When you are so covered by the thick sadness you have created for yourself, it's then hard for people to reach for you nor for you to reach out to other. Since you will not be available to hear what they have to say.

Again, you are the one who create the life for yourself. and you can decide right at this moment what kind of life you will be choosing for yourself, start with choosing the people you would like to hang out with. and see how it slowly effect your life.

and this will be one way to be in spirit.