Something our parents would always tell is "you are the friends you keep, so be careful who you choose to be friends with." To me these sounded like words of warning so I wouldn't get caught up in bad crowds of people. But it is very interesting that we ARE affected by the people we choose to hang around. If we choose to have friends that get into trouble or drugs than we have a more likely chance to get involved in that kind of stuff. If we choose to have good and genuine people around then those traits are more likely to rub off on us. Not only that but that we also influence the people we are around. And for the longest time this has remained more of an abstract concept and old wives tale. But recently science has been not only testing but proving that people really do affect other people energetically. So if we are always having an effect on other people, what can we do with that knowledge? World peace can be achieved one mind at a time. Below is a video of David Lynch and Physicist Jonn Hagelin talking about the theories and science behind progressive energetic world peace. World Peace through the Unified Field