Happiness is contagious, and according to recent studies, happiness leads to better health!! Happy friends and neighbors are even more important than happy family members – and proximity is important according to the study. There was a segment on this morning’s Today show which has inspired this post.

I am happy to say I have a lot of happy neighbors that I see every day in my great neighborhood of High Point in West Seattle. Of course, most of them are out walking their dogs. So I have an additional theory that living with a best 4-legged buddy also increases your happiness! It certainly lets you get to know more of your neighbors! Otherwise who in their right mind would be out walking in freezing temperatures??

Enjoy this video from this morning’s Today Show.