Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Kindness of Happy People

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
― Marcel Proust

I have wondered why we love seeing and spending time with certain people -- people who make us happy, who lift our spirits.  Yesterday, I read about a theory that makes sense.  Former Harvard researcher and author Shawn Achor says that because we mirror one another, if you smile and come across as positive, the other person will probably follow suit.  So maybe that's what it is, at least in part.  Happy people make us happy just by being who they are.

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