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I love serendipity.
\nTuesday night, with my blog post about the connection between relationships and happiness <\/a>still fresh, I stumbled onto a tweet from VenessaMiemis<\/a>: 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy<\/a>
\nThe Yes Magazine article is approaching two years old but the advice sounds timeless — savoring every day moments, exercising and helping others, for example. The suggestion that connected up my Tuesday post was this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nMake Friends, Treasure Family
\nHappier people tend to have good families, friends, and supportive relationships, say Diener and Biswas-Diener. But it\u2019s not enough to be the life of the party if you\u2019re surrounded by shallow acquaintances. \u201cWe don\u2019t just need relationships, we need close ones\u201d that involve understanding and caring.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Part of the reason I loved seeing #6 on the list was that it synched with an excellent comment Lara Zielin<\/a> left. She wrote in part:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all good and well to be social, but the people in one study who are more likely to rate themselves as happy are those who have *substantial* conversations, versus just engaging in small talk. So be social, but be real too \u2014 ideally with people who make it safe for you to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In our overscheduled society, where information gets simmered down to sound bites and tweets, there’s a danger to bounce from one superficial conversation to the next. Close, honest, safe relationships aren’t the same as liking someone’s post on Facebook once in a while. They take time and effort.
\nJohn asked me recently who I’d cried in front of. It was an insightful way of getting to the point of who in my life I’m willing to be vulnerable with.
\nThose are the kinds of relationships I’ll put on my top 10 list, with or without the science to back it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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