Happiness is contagious. Be a carrier!!
— Robert Orben
Do you agree with that? Not everyone does. About 30 years ago a friend looked at me strangely and said,
Maybe you do know something, Jean. I always thought you were so happy because you were stupid.
I’ve treasured that quote ever since, it still makes me laugh.
February 6, 2024
blimey if someone said that to me I would have punched them – not the happy bit, the other bit!
I thought it was funny. Needless to say, she wasn’t a close friend. 🙂
I know that laughter is contagious, it is hard to keep from laughing when hearing others laugh. Happiness is another story. Happy comes from within. that said, I would rather be around happy people than sad. their may be some truth in the quote.
🙂
Yes, I do agree with that quote.
On the other hand (like Catherine), I’d have been way taken aback by your friend’s remark!
It still cracks me up. 😀
Ignorance is bliss? I’ve done some things I maybe shouldn’t have done because I didn’t know enough to be scared. But, doing them made me happy.
There’s some truth to that!
I think happiness is contagious. Then again there are times I’ve been in a really bad mood and someone overly happy just annoyed me.
That second quote is pretty funny
That’s the thing, when people are on a bad mood they get annoyed by it. Best to leave them alone if you can’t help.
Your friend was the one who was stupid!
That’s what I thought, but I was too polite to say it. 😀
Are you sure that was a friend? I agree with the quote. A smile is also contagious and can make another person’s day so much better – just a little gesture.
I agree about smiles, and friendly words. 🙂
I’m not sure about the quote but I certainly don’t like what your friend said to you.
It wasn’t nice at all, but I thought it was funny because I didn’t agree with her.