Happiness Is infectious

had a really nice talk with my daughter on the phone tonight...i had been worried about her, because things have been tough for her the last few months...her marriage fell apart, and she was struggling to pay her bills, and didn't know where she wanted to go with her life, and so on...well she has finally shaken off all the pain and uncertainty, and is getting things back together...for the first time in several months she sounded happy and is feeling beeter on all fronts...which of course makes me feel happy, because it is really difficult for me to be happy when someone i love is unhappy...if misery loves company, the flip side is that happiness seems to be infectious, and spreads quickly....maybe this year will really be better than the last few...i had started to believe that a new year was just the smae old year recycled, but maybe a new year can bring change for good...we shall see...meanwhile things are definately better for now.