Feel Good Friday

“As Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, leaders of Harvard University’s study of human happiness, wrote in their 2023 book: “If we had to take all eighty-four years of the Harvard Study and boil it down to a single principle for living … it would be this: Good relationships keep us healthier and happier. Period.” WaPo (Gift Article): A dying man said he found the key to happiness. Science backs him up.

+ A Virginia woman who won big playing the lottery is giving her winnings to charity.

+ Construction workers use trampoline to save boy from fire. (Luckily, he didn’t bounce back into the building.)

+ A dog helped an injured wild crow. Now they’re best friends. (Or at least they were, until both signed up for social media accounts.)

+ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: no barrier too high for the 400m queen.

+ Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful.

+ Dogs can learn and remember how toys work. (Give them enough treats and dogs can can learn and remember Algebra.)