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A CBC article today showed that happiness is contagious. Here is my synopsis:
Your agreement to these 4 statements determines if you’re considered “happy”:

“I feel hopeful about the future.”
“I am happy.”
“I enjoy life.”
“I feel that I am just as good as other people.”

Cool statistics:
“Happiness extended to three degrees of separation, from friends to friends of friends”
“If a social contact such as spouse, sibling or friend was happy, it increased the likelihood that you were happy by 15 per cent”
“Each happy friend boosts your own happiness by nine per cent”
“Having grumpy friends decreased the chances by about seven per cent”

So if I get 11 happy friends and get rid of all my grumpy friends, maybe I’ll feel happy 😀

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/happiness.html