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Group Mentality

I'm not a huge sports fan. I like watching games where I know someone playing... things like junior high football or backyard badminton. I also like going to baseball games but that's mostly because I like any excuse to sit outdoors in the spring and summer, and I like the noise of a bat hitting a ball.

If you're a sports lover, there's a lot to get excited about right now. The World Cup. The NBA finals. College football teams making switches between conferences (I'm from Nebraska).

While I don't have a big preference for who wins some of these games, I love being surrounded by people who do. Even without one bit of appreciation for the game, you cannot deny the power of a mass of people who are all passionate about the same thing.

Back in college, home football games in the Husker stadium were full of such energy that it became an all-consuming, almost emotional experience. I booed at bad referee calls and high-fived strangers when we scored and screamed until I lost my voice, and I didn't even care about football.

If you need a pick-me-up, sometimes you can let other people's energy do it for you by purposely placing yourself in the middle of crowd of insanely excited people. It's one of the most straightforward examples you'll find that positivity is contagious.

Other places this mass-positive energy can be found: outdoor concerts, waiting for breakfast at a diner on a Sunday morning... Where else?

-Brigitte