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"  Turns out there might be something scientific behind coming down with a case of the giggles. Research from Harvard Medical School has determined that happiness is emotionally contagious up to three degrees \u2014 meaning your good mood can spread not only to your friends but to their friends and their friends&amp;#039; friends, too. Share a smile with one of these reader suggestions and launch a joy epidemic!   I spread happiness by cooking a meal for friends. It makes me really happy to spend time catching up around a meal, and it&amp;#039;s win-win: I love to do it, and they love to be treated for a night! \u2014 Katie Mattson, 27, Charlotte, NC I have a basket of inspirational quotes I give to customers at my caf\u00E9. I&amp;#039;ve also installed a wheel of kindness, where patrons can spin to get a kindness assignment, like buying a brownie for someone who orders one later in the day. We only ask that the recipient someday come back to spin the wheel herself. \u2014 Lisa Cotter Metwaly, 45, St. Paul, MN I&amp;#039;ve started using Facebook to spread happiness \u2014 sending messages to people, letting them know how amazing I think they are. \u2014 Angela River, 40, Auburn Hills, MI I send postcards to friends. Recently I sent one of a sunset with the line &amp;quot;you sunspire me&amp;quot; on the back. \u2014 Dawn Clare, 41, Santa Monica, CA I share healthy dark chocolate during a good girl-talk session! There&amp;#039;s nothing better than enjoying blissful pieces of decadent dark chocolate melting in your mouth while laughing and chatting the night away! \u2014 Lily Chern, 31, Orlando, FL I bring seedlings of my favorite plants to my reading group so they can have their pick of beautiful flowers for their own gardens. \u2014 Susan Harrow, 52, San Rafael, CA I take Hugo, my 7-year-old Belgian shepherd, for a walk. He&amp;#039;s always eager to spread joy to anyone he meets! \u2014 Lisa Hanock-Jasie, 53, New York City "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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