I just read this in Mental Floss magazine and thought I'd share:
"A 2008 study published in the British Medical Journal revealed that happiness within your social network - your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors - has an effect on your own contentment. For example, if the person living next door to you suddenly becomes happy, then the probability that you will be happy increases by 34 percent."
The article went on to say that by adding one happy friend to your life, you increase your chances of happiness by 9 percent but by befriending a sad person you decrease your chances for happiness by 7 percent.
Hmmmm.
